<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Thu 14 Jul 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: Intonation Research Assistantship-U of York<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 14 Jul 2011<br>From: reposted from CORPORA<br>Subject: Intonation Research Assistantship-U of York<br><br>A Research Assistantship is available on the ESRC-funded project<br>Intonational Variation in Arabic<br><a href="http://www.york.ac.uk/res/ivar/">http://www.york.ac.uk/res/ivar/</a><br><br>Application Deadline: 11-Aug-2011<br><br>The IVAr project will create a corpus of Arabic speech recordings in<br>which speakers record a parallel set of sentences, stories and conversations.<br>A basic dataset will be collected with 18-24 year olds in five regions of<br>the 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<br>auditory/acoustic phonetic and qualitative data analysis (to include prosodic<br>transcription in the Autosegmental- Metrical framework), and participate in the<br>dissemination of findings. You will hold or will have submitted (prior<br>to commencement of employment) a PhD in phonetics and/or phonology and you<br>will be a native speaker of Arabic. Previous experience of fieldwork<br>and/or prosodic transcription is also advantageous. Relevant training will be<br>provided where necessary. Excellent IT proficiency and time management<br>skills are required.<br><br>The starting salary will be £28,893 per annum (GBP). The post is<br>available on a fixed term basis for up to 36 months.<br><br>Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Dr Sam Hellmuth before July<br>30th, contact information below.<br><br>For further information and to apply on-line, please visit the<br>application URL below. 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 UoY01336.<br><br>The University of York is committed to promoting equality and diversity.<br><br>Application Deadline: 11-Aug-2011<br><br>Web Address for Applications: <a href="http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/">http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/</a><br>Contact Information:<br>Dr Sam Hellmuth<br>Email: <a href="mailto:sam.hellmuth@york.ac.uk">sam.hellmuth@york.ac.uk</a><br>Phone: +44-1904-322657<br><br><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 14 Jul 2011</div></body></html>