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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=341580011-08112002>Chair in English
Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language, Lancaster
University</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We
are seeking to appoint a scholar with a distinguished research record in English
grammar as a successor to Prof. Geoffrey Leech who has retired recently.
We</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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especially welcome applications from candidates whose research programme is
grounded in </SPAN><SPAN class=p-match1><SPAN
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current theoretical model of grammar/syntax </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">and
draws on empirical sources of data such as corpora of spoken and written
language, experimental findings, and fieldwork.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Preference
will be given to candidates with additional expertise including - but not
limited to - some other area of Linguistics and English language studies such as
dialectology, historical linguistics, the history of English, media language,
phonetics, pragmatics, psycholinguistics and semantics.
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size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=p-match1><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Informal
inquiries may be made to and further particulars obtained from Prof. Tony
McEnery, Head of the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language,
Lancaster University, Bowland College, Lancaster, LA1 4YT, England.
Email: <SPAN class=341580011-08112002>a</SPAN>.mcenery @<SPAN
class=341580011-08112002>l</SPAN>ancaster.ac.uk.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=p-match1><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Salary
is negotiable within the professorial range. The chair is available from
1<SUP>st</SUP> September 2003.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
closing date for applications is 17<SPAN class=341580011-08112002>th</SPAN>
January 2003. In correspondence, please quote the reference number A715. For
application details see <SPAN
class=341580011-08112002>www.personnel.lancs.ac.uk</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>