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Wed Jun 16 2004

Jobs: Russian & Historical Ling: Post Doc, U/Surrey

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  • g.corbett, Russian & Historical Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Surrey, UK

    Message 1: Russian & Historical Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Surrey, UK

     Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:30:11 -0400 (EDT)
    From: g.corbett <g.corbettsurrey.ac.uk>
    Subject: Russian & Historical Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Surrey, UK


    University or Organization: University of Surrey Department: The Surrey Morphology Group Rank of Job: Post Doc Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics, Morphology, Syntax Required Language(s): Russian (Code = RUS)

    Description:

    [Postdoctoral fellowship in Historical Linguistics/Russian]

    University of Surrey, School of Arts

    The Surrey Morphology Group invites applications for a three-year post: a Postdoctoral Fellowship (4386)

    Research Fellowship in SMG (Ref: 4386) Salary: up to �21,852 per annum (RA1A.4)

    Applications are invited for a research post in the Surrey Morphology Group, for three years, available from 1 September 2004. This post is for the AHRB-funded Project 'Short term morphosyntactic change' awarded to Professor Greville Corbett, Dr Matthew Baerman and Dr Dunstan Brown. The project will investigate the remarkable change in the use of morphosyntactic categories in Russian over the last two hundred years.

    Candidates should have an excellent knowledge of Russian, and wide-ranging interests within linguistics. A good post-graduate degree is highly desirable, and expertise in one or more of the following would be advantageous: historical linguistics, morphological theory, syntactic theory, computational linguistics. The ability to work collaboratively and to meet deadlines is essential.

    The job will involve working with primary and secondary linguistic data, maintaining a database and contributing to joint papers.

    Additional posts are being advertised in the SMG. Suitably qualified applicants may apply for more than one, by separate applications.

    Details of the Surrey Morphology Group: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/

    Informal enquiries may be made to Prof. Greville Corbett (g.corbettsurrey.ac.uk) or to Dr Dunstan Brown (d.brownsurrey.ac.uk).

    For an application pack and details of how to apply, please contact Miss E Hibbs, School of Arts, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH. Tel: 01483 686218 (24 hours). Email sa-recruitmentsurrey.ac.uk or download application documents from www.surrey.ac.uk 'Employment Opportunities'. Please quote Reference 4386 and supply your postal address. Closing date is 6 July 2004. Interviews are planned for the w/b 26 July 2004.

    The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy



    Address for Applications:

    Attn: Miss E Hibbs School of Arts University of Surrey Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH United Kingdom

    Applications are due by 06-Jul-2004

    Contact Information: Prof. Greville Corbett Email: g.corbettsurrey.ac.uk Website: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/

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