<br><div><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"></span></font></div><div><b style="font-size: 13px;">Three
two-year researcher/postdoc positions in Scandinavian Dialect Syntax </b><div><br></div><div>Deadline:
15 September 2010</div><div><br></div></div><div>Three researcher
positions in Scandinavian Dialect Syntax are currently available. One of
the positions will be based at the Text Laboratory, ILN, at the
University of Oslo as part of the project<i> "Norwegian Dialect Syntax –
Grammatical Variation: New Isoglosses and New Media</i>" (NorDiaSyn)
funded by the Research Council of Norway. An announcement in Norwegian
of this position can be viewed here <a href="http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/418522/62043?iso=no" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/418522/62043?iso=no</font></a>. </div><div><div><br>
</div><div>The
other two positions will be based at <i>other</i> Nordic institutions
in the network of research groups participating in the NOS-HS funded
project <i>Nordic Dialect Corpus and Collaboration </i>(NorDiaCorp),
i.e. one of the following: University of Iceland, University of Tromsø,
The Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU), University of
Bergen, Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen, Gothenburg
University, Lund University, or University of Helsinki. </div><div><br></div><div>A
common research task for all three positions will be to further develop
the common resources <i>Nordic Syntactic Judgments Database </i>and <i>Nordic
Dialect Corpus</i> and to disseminate scholarly and popular information
on the basis of these resources, in collaboration with other
researchers in the network. A particular effort will be made to develop
cartographic overviews over syntactic and morphosyntactic phenomena in
the Nordic dialect continuum. </div><div><br></div><div>Applicants
should:</div><div><br></div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>hold
a PhD degree in a field relevant to the research to be carried out</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> have </span>solid training in
theoretical syntax</div></div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> have </span>a good knowledge of Scandinavian/North Germanic
dialects and experience with descriptive dialectology<br> (the
position in Oslo in addition requires knowledge of Norwegian
dialects specifically) <br></div><div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>formulate an independent research plan (3-5
pages) which is firmly placed within the overall project</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>show good cooperative skills and
be able to work independently </div><div><br></div><div>Experience with
computational tools in linguistic research will be viewed favorably.
Applicants who have not submitted their PhD thesis for evaluation by the
deadline of this call will not be considered for the position. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The
applicants will be evaluated by an expert committee, and the review
process is administered by the University of Oslo. Interviews may be
used for a final ranking of the applicants. Complementary skills and
knowledge and geographical distribution may also used as criteria when
selecting among the candidates. </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">All applicants are asked
to upload the following along with their electronically submitted
application (see below): </span></div><div><br></div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>application letter</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>project plan (3-5 pages)
including a progression plan</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>list of publications</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Curriculum Vitae</div></div><div><br>Scientific
papers and other documents may be requested later. <br><br></div><div>The
application letter should specify the order of preference for
institutional affiliation. The salary offered will harmonize with the
salary level of comparable positions at the employing institution. For
the two NorDiaCorp positions the period may be shorter than two years
depending on how the available funding may be spent. </div><div><br></div><div>As
for technicalities regarding submission, all three positions are
subject to the specifications in the Norwegian announcement (see above).
All applications should be submitted electronically by following the
instructions on the page: <a href="http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/418522/62043?iso=no" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/418522/62043?iso=no</font></a>,
by clicking on the link "Søk på stillingen" at the bottom of the page.<br><br></div><div>For
further information about the positions, applicants may contact the
project leaders of NorDiaSyn (Janne Bondi Johannessen, UiO) and
NorDiaCorp (Øystein A. Vangsnes, UiT). Contact information:</div><div><br></div><div>Janne
Bondi Johannessen<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Øystein A. Vangsnes</div><div>The Text Laboratory, ILN,<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>CASTL, Faculty of Humanities</div><div>
University
of Oslo <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>University of Tromsø<br>P.O.Box 1102 Blindern, N-0317
Oslo, Norway<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>NO-9037 Tromsø</div><div>Tel: +47
22 85 68 14, mob.: +47 928 966 34<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>tel: +47-776 45742</div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:jannebj@iln.uio.no" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">jannebj@iln.uio.no</font></a> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><a href="mailto:oystein.vangsnes@uit.no" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">oystein.vangsnes@uit.no</font></a></div>
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