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<div>Dear Dylan Glynn,</div>
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<div>thank you very much for your email of the 13th of October 2019. I note the vacant teaching position at the Universityof Paris and the stirling work that you and your colleagues are carrying out in the futherance of quality English language tuition. Perhaps I should explain a little of my background, I am of course a treble doctorate holder, with one being in the field of philology. However my main areas of of specilization in linguistics are etymology, computational linguistics, philosophical linguistics, cognitive robotics and orhtography and in respect of the latter I am the leading orthographer (with a verifiable record and reputation)to have worked in the Englsh language since 1604/1605. I am not however a grammarian pedagogue but I do carry out research on functional elements of syntax in RP English and regional British dialects. I do undertake some statistical comparative linguistics but it is not an overriding element of my education or work oriented training and practical employment record. Do maintain contact through your university department or the DGK.</div>
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<div>yours sincerely</div>
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<div>Dr William F Fearon</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px;"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 11:19 AM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "Dylan Glynn" <dsg.up8@gmail.com><br/>
<b>To:</b> dgkl@listserv.linguistlist.org<br/>
<b>Subject:</b> [Dgkl] Job: Assistant Professor English Linguistics, Construction Grammar, Corpus Methods (Université Paris 8)</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">The Faculty of Foreign Language, Literature and History (UFR LLCER) at the University of Paris 8, Vincennes - St. Denis expects to be hiring a junior lecturer / assistant professor in English Linguistics to begin in September 2020. The research and teaching position is tenure track. It is important to note that the position has not yet been formally approved but that if a potential candidate may be interested, there is an important administrative step (Qualification) that must be taken before the 24th October 2019. The details are supplied below. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><font face="times new roman, serif">Keywords:</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">Cognitive-Functional Linguistics; contrastive linguistics; Construction Grammar; corpus linguistics; English language; NLP</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><font face="times new roman, serif">Teaching:</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">The person hired will be asked to give classes in both English grammar and in linguistics at both the bachelor and master levels. The bachelor syllabus is handled by the Department of English Studies (Département des études des pays anglophones DEPA) and the master syllabus is currently handled jointly by the Faculty of Linguistics (UFR SDL) and the Faculty of Foreign Languages (UFR LLCER). All instruction is English. The candidate should specialise in functional syntax / Construction Grammar and / or contrastive linguistics. He/she will also be expected to be able to integrate corpus linguistic methods and tools into the curriculum. Administrative responsibilities and curriculum development also constitute important tasks associated with the position. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><font face="times new roman, serif">Research:</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">The person hired will join the research laboratory TransCrit (EA1569). The linguistic research axe, LeCSeL specialises in empirical methods with expertise in Cognitive Linguistics, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, experimental phonetics, multivariate statistics, sociolinguistics and multimodality (<a href="https://www.ea-anglais.univ-paris8.fr/spip.php?rubrique355" target="_blank">https://www.ea-anglais.univ-paris8.fr/spip.php?rubrique355</a>). His / her work will contribute a formal dimension (constructions and collocations etc.) to the existing research in semantics and discourse (gesture, stance etc.) and social variation (gender, ethnicity etc.). For these reasons, the research team is seeking someone with not only training in functional syntax / constructions but with skills in corpus linguistics and / or NLP. Specifically, skills that will help the team tag written and oral corpora under development are desired. It is essential that the candidate will be willing to develop interdisciplinary projects with researchers in phonetics, translation, literature and history. Naturally, it is equally important that the candidate be active in research, publishing regularly in high impact avenues. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><font face="times new roman, serif">Qualification</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">The call is only made before the formal announcement of the position to make sure potential candidates fulfil the requirements for application. In the French system, most candidates are required to apply for "qualification" in October to enable applications for positions in May. If you do not apply for the qualification in the autumn, you cannot apply for positions when they are announced in the spring. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">The deadline for beginning the process of qualification is the <b>24 October</b>:</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/calendriers_candidats/calendrier_qualification2019_candidats.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/calendriers_candidats/calendrier_qualification2019_candidats.pdf</a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b><span>The first step is quite straightforward, but the deadline is extremely strict</span></b><span>. If you are interested in applying and are not familiar with the French qualification process, contact us and we may be able to help. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">More details may be found here: </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="https://www.conseil-national-des-universites.fr/data/document/3731/2646/Public/Rapport%20d%20activit%C3%A9s/rapport%20qualification%20MCF%20session%202019.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.conseil-national-des-universites.fr/data/document/3731/2646/Public/Rapport%20d%20activit%C3%A9s/rapport%20qualification%20MCF%20session%202019.pdf</a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="https://academia.hypotheses.org/1882" target="_blank">https://academia.hypotheses.org/1882</a></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">However, if you are not familiar wit the process, it is recommended that you contact us to make sure the dossier is correctly submitted. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b><span>Contact</span></b><span>:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">For further information on the position and / or help with the qualification, please write to Dylan Glynn at <a href="mailto:dsg.up8@gmail.com" onclick="parent.window.location.href='mailto:dsg.up8@gmail.com'; return false;" target="_blank">dsg.up8@gmail.com</a></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">Assuming the faculty is awarded the position, a formal announcement will be made in due course. The primary aim of this announcement is to make sure all those interested have applied for qualification.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">Information can also be found on the websites below</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">The research team: <a href="https://www.ea-anglais.univ-paris8.fr/spip.php?rubrique355" target="_blank">https://www.ea-anglais.univ-paris8.fr/spip.php?rubrique355</a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><font face="times new roman, serif">The teaching department: <a href="https://depa.univ-paris8.fr/" target="_blank">https://depa.univ-paris8.fr/</a></font></span></p>
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