<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Mon 17 Jan 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: Research Assistantship in Intonational Variation in Arabic<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 17 Jan 2011<br>From: Sam Hellmuth <<a href="mailto:sam.hellmuth@york.ac.uk">sam.hellmuth@york.ac.uk</a>><br>Subject: Research Assistantship in Intonational Variation in Arabic<br><br>A Research Assistantship is available on the ESRC-funded project<br>Intonational Variation in Arabic.<br>تباين التنغيم في اللهجات العربية<br>[<a href="http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~sh581/ivar">www-users.york.ac.uk/~sh581/ivar</a>]<br><br>The IVAr project will create a corpus of Arabic speech recordings in which<br>speakers record a parallel set of sentences, stories and conversations. A<br>basic dataset will be collected with 18-24 year olds in five regions of the<br>Arab world, and in two of these regions an in-depth survey will collect<br>additional data with older speakers (50+) and in neighbouring cities.<br>Prosodic transcription of the intonation patterns observed in the corpus<br>will provide the basis for publication of descriptions of the typical<br>intonation patterns in individual dialects, and comparisons among them.<br><br>You will conduct fieldwork, undertake both quantitative auditory/acoustic<br>phonetic and qualitative data analysis (to include prosodic transcription<br>in the Autosegmental- Metrical framework), and participate in the<br>dissemination of findings. You will hold or will have submitted (prior to<br>commencement of employment) a PhD in phonetics and/or phonology and you<br>will be a native or near-native speaker of Arabic. Previous experience of<br>fieldwork and/or prosodic transcription is also advantageous. Relevant<br>training will be provided where necessary. Excellent IT proficiency and<br>time management skills are required.<br><br>The starting salary will be £28,893 per annum (GBP). The post is available<br>on a fixed term basis for up to 36 months.<br><br>Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Dr Sam Hellmuth, phone:<br>+44-1904-322657, email: <a href="mailto:sam.hellmuth@york.ac.uk">sam.hellmuth@york.ac.uk</a>.<br><br>Closing date: 14 February 2011.<br><br>For further information and to apply on-line, please visit our website:<br><a href="http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/">http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/</a> Alternatively contact HR Services on<br>+44-1904-324835 or <a href="mailto:recruitment@york.ac.uk">recruitment@york.ac.uk</a> quoting reference number<br>UoY01092.<br><br>The University of York is committed to promoting equality and diversity.<br><br>Application URL: <a href="http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/">http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/</a><br><br>--<br>Dr Sam Hellmuth<br>Department of Language & Linguistic Science<br>University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD<br>email: <a href="mailto:sam.hellmuth@york.ac.uk">sam.hellmuth@york.ac.uk</a><br>tel: 01904 322657 fax: 01904 322673<br><br><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 17 Jan 2011</div></body></html>