Job: Research post in Morphology/Typology (fwd)

[Spike L Gildea]

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 08:34:37 +0000
From: Greville G. Corbett <g.corbett at surrey.ac.uk>

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SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES


RESEARCH FELLOW IN THE SURREY MORPHOLOGY GROUP

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Starting salary up to 17,750 pounds per annum, depending on age and
experience.


Applications are invited for a three-year post on an ESRC-funded
project "A Typology of Syncretism". The post will be in the Surrey
Morphology Group, which specializes in typology, particularly the
application of formal and statistical approaches to typology. The
project will be directed by Professor Greville Corbett and Dr Dunstan
Brown.


Candidates should have wide-ranging interests within linguistics. A
good post-graduate degree in linguistics is highly desirable. An
interest in any of the following would be advantageous: typology,
morphological theory, syntactic theory, Russian, other languages
(especially from families relevant for investigating syncretism).


The job will involve collecting and analysing cross-linguistic data,
maintaining a database, compiling a bibliography and contributing to
joint papers.


Details of the Surrey Morphology Group can be found at:

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/


Informal enquiries may be made to Dunstan Brown (d.brown at surrey.ac.uk)
or to Greville Corbett (g.corbett at surrey.ac.uk).


For an application pack, please telephone +1483 873846 or e-mail
A.Bell at surrey.ac.uk or write to the Personnel Department (arb),
University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 5XH.  Please supply your
postal address, where you saw the advertisement and the vacancy
reference number 1668/arb.  The closing date for written applications
is Thursday 15th April 1999.  Interviews will be held on Thursday 13th
May 1999.


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Greville G. Corbett

Department of Linguistic and International Studies

University of Surrey

Guildford                             email: g.corbett at surrey.ac.uk

Surrey, GU2 5XH                       FAX:   +44 1483 259527

Great Britain                         phone:  +44 1483 300800 ext 2849