LINGUIST List 17.2071
Mon Jul 17 2006
Jobs: Austronesian & Language Documentation: Researcher, U of Surrey
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1. Bill
Palmer,
Austronesian & Language Documentation: Researcher, University of Surrey
Message 1: Austronesian & Language Documentation: Researcher, University of Surrey
Date: 17-Jul-2006
From: Bill Palmer <bill.palmersurrey.ac.uk>
Subject: Austronesian & Language Documentation: Researcher, University of Surrey
University or Organization: University of Surrey Department: Surrey Morphology Group Job Rank: Researcher Specialty Areas: Language Description; Language Documentation Austronesian
Description:
University of Surrey School of Arts, Communication and Humanities
Research Officer 1A/1B (Temporary Part-Time Contract - 52 days spread over the period 01/09/06 - 31/07/07) (Reference: 5528)
Salary: £22,774 - £24,161 pro-rata (Research Officer 1B) £24,886 pro-rata (Research Officer 1A)
The Surrey Morphology Group at the University of Surrey is looking for a part-time Research Assistant to work on the British Academy funded project 'Essential documentation of seven highly endangered Oceanic languages.' The project will work with existing field materials gathered in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville to make primary documentation on the languages available as a digital resource via the worldwide web and the PARADISEC and ELAR electronic archives.
You will transcribe audio recordings of primary data, enter data into lexical databases, enter transcriptions into Shoebox/Toolbox software, and prepare audio and other materials for electronic delivery.
With a good undergraduate degree in linguistics, you will have experience transcribing exotic language data from audio sources, and experience working with lexical data. If that is you, we would like to hear from you.
Familiarity with Shoebox software is not essential but would be helpful, as would some familiarity with Oceanic languages, and/or some knowledge of Tok Pisin or another variety of Melanesian Pidgin. A PhD in linguistics would be an advantage.
Most of your work will take place on-site at the University of Surrey, England. The post is notionally one day per week. However, the actual distribution of days across the 11 months of the contract is subject to negotiation.
The Surrey Morphology Group is a lively and stimulating research community with diverse interests and expertise, and range of ongoing research projects with a history of collaboration in the international linguistic community. For more information about the Group, see www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/index.htm
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Dr. Bill Palmer by email at bill.palmersurrey.ac.uk. Please quote reference number 5528 and where you saw this advert.
Closing date: Friday 11th August 2006
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