[Edling] JOB: Call for applications: Research assistant_pragmatic marker analysis

[janice pan]

Dear colleagues,

Grateful if you can help to spread news on the following recruitment
information (MA or PhD holders a plus):

Link to the official job ad: https://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/i
ndex.php?page_id=6&menu_id=222&f=job).

Many thanks!

Best,
Jun

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Jun Pan (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor, Translation Programme
Programme Director, M.A. Programme in Translation and Bilingual
Communication
Hong Kong Baptist University
Tel:  852-3411-2259
Fax: 852-3411-7853
E-mail: janicepan at hkbu.edu.hk

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Employment Opportunities

*FACULTY OF ARTS*

*Department of English Language and Literature*

*Translation Programme*

*Research Assistant (PR005/17-18)*

The appointee will assist in a research project on political/diplomatic
interpreting. Duties and responsibilities of the appointee will involve but
not limited to a) web search and transcription of speeches and/or other
information in English and/or Cantonese/Putonghua; b) linguistic annotation
and analysis (e.g., pragmatic markers) of transcribed speeches in English
and/or Cantonese/Putonghua; and c) assisting in the development of computer
tools for corpus annotation and corpus navigation.

Applicants should possess at least a Bachelor's degree and have a strong
background in at least one of the following areas: pragmatics and/or
discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, applied linguistics, translation
studies, and/or computer programming. Proficiency in English is expected.
Previous research experience, in particular working knowledge in
corpus-analytic methodology and experience in data annotation, will be a
plus.

Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract of one year.
Re-appointment thereafter is subject to mutual agreement and availability
of funding.

*Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.*

*Application Procedure:*

Applicants are invited to write in response to the requirements and fill in
the application form which is obtainable (a) by downloading from
http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/applicationforms; or (b) by fax at 3411-7799; or
(c) in person from the Personnel Office, Hong Kong Baptist University,
AAB903, Level 9, Academic and Administration Building, 15 Baptist
University Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon. The completed application form
should be sent to the same address by post or by e-mail to
recruit at hkbu.edu.hk. Please quote *PR* number on all correspondence.
Applicants not invited for interview 8 weeks after the closing date may
consider their applications unsuccessful. Details of the University's
Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at
http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post
advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and
conditions then applicable at the time of offer.

*Closing date: 20 July 2017*

Download Employment Application Forms
<https://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/content.php?page_id=7&menu_id=19>
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