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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-GB">Announcement</span></i></b></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Three Postdoctoral Positions</span></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">funded by the ERC </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU"> Project </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">"Sinotype"</span></b></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span lang="EN-AU">Director :</span></i><span lang="EN-AU"> Hilary M. Chappell</span></p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span>Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales</span><br><span>54, boulevard Raspail</span><br><span lang="EN-AU">75006 Paris, <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">France</span><span style="font-variant: small-caps;"></span></span></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Project topic:</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-AU"> <i>The hybrid
syntactic typology of Sinitic languages</i></span></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-US">Background: </span><span lang="EN-AU">Three postdoctoral positions are available to
work intensively on the project <i><span>The hybrid syntactic typology of Sinitic
languages</span></i><span>, funded by the
European Research Council (<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sinotype,
project n</span>o<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">. </span><span> </span>230388). These positions each have a tenure of
up to four years in duration (see below).</span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">The
primary objective of this project is to elucidate the reasons for why Sinitic
languages</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">possess a
contradictory mixture of word order correlations, some of which tally with VO
while others tally with OV. Various hypotheses will be addressed including
those which suggest that this hybrid nature could be due to ongoing change in
language type and thus explicable either in terms of language-internal
development involving reanalysis (grammaticalization, analogy etc) or due to external
change involving language contact and areal diffusion. A detailed study of the
main syntactic features of a solid sample of Sinitic languages is thus
essential for attempting to solve this conundrum as well as to enable us to describe
this major branch of Sino-Tibetan more thoroughly in terms of its typological features.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">An
international team of seven researchers and doctoral students will be
established to carry out this project in which each member will be responsible
for the grammatical description of one representative Sinitic language.</span><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Position Profile:</span><span lang="EN-AU"> The
candidates will be linguists who are trained in linguistic typology, with a
specialization in Chinese languages, and will also be well-versed in
contemporary theories of syntactic<span> </span>and
semantic change. They will be expected to undertake research on a previously
undescribed Sinitic or Chinese language, each chosen</span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-US">from different branches of this taxon,</span><span lang="EN-AU"> and to produce a
descriptive grammar of this language, written in English, in terms of current
typological theory. </span><span lang="EN-US">The
project will require annual fieldwork trips to China of at least two months'
duration, funded by the ERC, to record and collect materials and begin the data
analysis. </span><span lang="EN-AU"></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li><span lang="EN-AU">A good
knowledge of Mandarin Chinese is essential for both research and field
work.</span></li></ul>
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<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li><span lang="EN-AU">A
basic level of French would be useful but is not a requirement at the
commencement of the project.</span></li></ul>
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<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Duration of
position:</span><span lang="EN-AU"> A total of four years: <span> </span>in order
to satisfy certain requirements of French industrial relations laws, there will
be an initial two-year contract, followed by one renewal of the contract for a
further two years. This is a full-time position.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Commencement
date:</span><span lang="EN-AU"><span> </span>1<sup>st</sup> April, 2009 or as
soon as possible thereafter</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Project director:</span><span lang="EN-AU"> Hilary
Chappell, Chair Professor in "Linguistic typology of East
Asia"</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Salary<b>:</b></span><b><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">€ </span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU">2 365 </span></b><span lang="EN-AU">euros per month (<i>gross</i>)</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-AU">Note:</span></i><span lang="EN-AU"> There is
provision for relocation expenses in terms of reimbursement of an economy-class
airfare (or train fare, whichever is the more practicable). The <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sinotype</span> Research Centre can also
provide assistance to the successful applicants in obtaining a scientific visa
and in finding appropriate accommodation in Paris.</span></p>
<p><u><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></p>
<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Application
procedure:</span><span lang="EN-AU"><span> </span>Applicants should compile a
dossier, including their curriculum vitae,<span>
</span>publications list, two referees willing to provide references (who will be
contacted once the short list has been determined), and a copy of their PhD
diploma. They should indicate in their application letter exactly how their
research meshes with the present project on the typology of Sinitic languages
and should also include a short proposal (maximum 2 pages) as to which Sinitic language
they would choose to carry out their fieldwork and analysis on, and why. </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">(Website: <a href="http://crlao.ehess.fr/contrats" target="_blank">crlao.ehess.fr/contrats</a> or
<a href="http://crlao.ehess.fr/membres/Hilary" target="_blank">crlao.ehess.fr/membres/Hilary</a> Chappell)</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Deadline for
applications:</span><span lang="EN-AU"><span> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">March 15, 2009</span></span></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Contact for
further information : </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Hilary Chappell </span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Email :</span><span> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="mailto:Hilary.Chappell@ehess.fr" target="_blank"><span lang="FR">Hilary.Chappell@ehess.fr</span></a></span><span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Websites :</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://crlao.ehess.fr/contrats" target="_blank">crlao.ehess.fr/contrats</a><span> </span><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">or :</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><span> </span><a href="http://crlao.ehess.fr/membres/Hilary" target="_blank">crlao.ehess.fr/membres/Hilary</a>
Chappell</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p><span>Hilary Chappell <span> </span></span></p>
Project Director, <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-AU">Sinotype</span><br>Centre de Recherches Linguistiques
sur l'Asie Orientale<br>EHESS-CNRS<br><span>54, boulevard Raspail</span><br><span>75270 Paris cedex 06</span><br><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">France</span>
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<p> <span style="font-variant: small-caps;" lang="EN-GB">Other information :</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-AU">Two smaller projects, jointly directed by
Hilary Chappell and Alain Peyraube (EHESS-CNRS), will also be housed in the
same <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sinotype</span> Research Centre,
located between Chinatown and the Parc Montsouris on the left bank. These are <i>Diachronic change in Southern Min</i> (<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diamin</span>), and <i>Languages in contact in Northwestern China</i>, funded respectively by
the Agence Nationale de la
Recherche (ANR, France) and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
for International Scholarly Exchange (CCK, Taiwan). </span><span lang="EN-GB">The Ecole des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) is the designated host institute for all
three projects which have a combined budget of more than 2 million euros.</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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