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Postdoctoral research Fellowship in Anthropological Linguistics<BR>
Applications are invited for one two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship within the Language and Culture Research Group of the Cairns Institute, James Cook University, to work as part of a team with Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Professor R.M.W. Dixon, within the framework of their joint project 'The grammar of knowledge: a cross-linguistic view of evidentials and epistemiological expressions'. The position is to commence on 1st May 2011, or soon thereafter.<BR> Applicants should have been awarded their doctorate within the last five years. They should have experience of linguistic fieldwork and will, ideally, have already completed a grammatical description of a language that has not previously been described (not their native language) in terms of basic linguistic theory. The University may consider cases in which the period since the award of the doctorate is in excess of five years due to special circumstances. Applications will be considered from candidates whose thesis is currently under examination. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree or have equivalent qualifications at the date of appointment. A Fellowship will not normally be awarded to an applicant who already holds an appointment within the University. The successful applicant will work as part of a team with Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Professor R.M.W. Dixon, and other members of Language and Culture Research Group. Ideally, we are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow who will work on a language from South America, or the New Guinea region. However, applicants with primary interest in another area will be considered. The appointee is expected to undertake extensive fieldwork. The choice of language will be made after discussion between the successful applicant and Professors Aikhenvald and Dixon. <BR>
Closing date: Friday, 4 March 2011.<BR>
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The key duty is to conduct research in anthropological linguistics, with particular attention to language analysis, producing high quality publications in refereed outlets.<BR>
Key selection criteria are:<BR>
1. Thorough professional training in linguistics, with special reference to language description, anthropological linguistics and linguistic typology;<BR>2. PhD (conferred or pending) in descriptive linguistics, in terms of basic linguistic theory;<BR>3. Demonstrated ability to work, under direction, as a member of a research team;<BR>4. Demonstrated ability to work to a timetable, and produce results on time<BR>5. Demonstrated ability and commitment to disseminate the results of research in high quality publications within agreed timeframes; evidence of high level written, oral and interpersonal communication skills to diverse audiences.<BR>
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Desirable selection criteria are:<BR>
1. Ideally, to have produced a description of a language, preferably (a) a language for which there had previously been no good description; and (b) a language other than that of which they are a native speaker.<BR>2. Some training in anthropology.<BR>
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It is essential to enter in contact with Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald (<A href="mailto:Alexandra.Aikhenvald@jcu.edu.au">Alexandra.Aikhenvald@jcu.edu.au</A>, <A href="mailto:a.y.aikhenvald@live.com">a.y.aikhenvald@live.com</A>) prior to submitting an application. Application forms are available at <A href="http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/jobs/searchjobs/JCUPRD1_070919">http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/jobs/searchjobs/JCUPRD1_070919</A>. Applicants must provide a full statement of qualifications and career, a statement systematically addressing the Selection Criteria, a completed Summary Application Form (available on the link), the name and addresses of three persons who have consented to act as referees and address it to the Human Resources Advisor, Faculty of Arts, Education & Social Sciences. The application should also contain a research project (discussed with Professors Aikhenvald and Dixon). Incomplete applications will not be considered.<BR><BR>
This same text is also in the attached document.<BR>
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Best wishes from<BR><BR>Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, PhD, DLitt, FAHA<BR>Distinguished Professor and Research Leader (Peoples and Societies of the Tropics)<BR>The Cairns Institute <BR>James Cook University<BR>PO Box 6811<BR>Cairns<BR>Queensland 4870<BR>Australia<BR><BR>mobile 0400 305315<BR>office 61-7-40421117<BR>home 61-7-40381876<BR> <BR><A href="mailto:alexandra.aikhenvald@jcu.edu.au">alexandra.aikhenvald@jcu.edu.au</A> <BR><A href="http://www.jcu.edu.au/sass/staff/JCUPRD_043649.html" target=_blank>http://www.jcu.edu.au/sass/staff/JCUPRD_043649.html</A><BR><A href="http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/" target=_blank>http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/</A><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR>
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:55:36 +0200<BR>From: vanhove@VJF.CNRS.FR<BR>Subject: deontic and focus<BR>To: LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR><BR>
<META content="Microsoft SafeHTML" name=Generator>Dear colleagues,<BR><BR>I was wondering whether people on the list know of languages that grammaticalized a deontic construction into a focus-argument construction (or have one and the same construction for both). Beja (Cushitic) may be such a language: both values involve a finite verb form (limited to the Imperfective and the Narrative for the deontic) to which the nominal copula is cliticized:<BR><SMALL><SMALL><SMALL><SMALL><SMALL><SMALL><SMALL><BR></SMALL></SMALL></SMALL></SMALL></SMALL></SMALL></SMALL>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN></SPAN><SMALL><SMALL>water 2SG.M-find-NAR.2SG.M=COP.2SG.M</SMALL></SMALL></SPAN></P><SMALL><SMALL><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SMALL><SMALL>'if you find water you must</SMALL></SMALL> <SMALL><SMALL>drink'</SMALL></SMALL> </SPAN></SMALL></SMALL></SMALL><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN>
<BR><BR>Thanks in advance<BR><BR>Best wishes<BR><BR>Martine<BR><PRE class=ecxmoz-signature>--
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