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Dear Colleagues,<BR>
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Please find enclosed a 2011 Bulletin of our Language and Culture Research group within the Cirns Institute at JCU.<BR>
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We welcome sabbatical and other visitors - Cairns is a remarkable location, and the Cairns Institute is a vibrant and exciting place.<BR>
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The bulletin is also available at <A href="http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/" target=_blank>http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/</A> and will soon be up on the Cairns Institute website.<BR>
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Best wishes<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: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:27:21 +1100<BR>From: wayan.arka@ANU.EDU.AU<BR>Subject: 2 Linguist Positions, Australian National University<BR>To: LINGTYP@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR><BR>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">2 Linguist Positions, Australian National University</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><BR>We are seeking two outstanding early career Linguists with a strong fieldwork-based background, and a research program focusing on one or more understudied languages of the Asia-Pacific Region.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">We are looking to fill one continuing (Level B/C) and one fixed term (Level B) position.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">With these appointments we wish to broaden and deepen our research in the region. We are particularly interested in applicants who will strengthen our collective expertise through work in one or more of the following areas: anthropological linguistics, sociolinguistics, multilingualism, historical linguistics, semantics, pragmatics, lexicography, language documentation, statistical and/or computational approaches to analysing cross-linguistic variation, typology, variationist approaches. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Applicants should have existing field experience in one or more sites of the Pacific/Asia region or relevant field experience elsewhere and concrete plans to develop a new field site in the Pacific/Asia region. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">A substantial amount of time is available for ongoing research, and initial set-up funding for research is available. We are seeking outstanding early-career linguists ready to join a team with a long tradition of responding to the scientific, humanistic and social challenges posed by this region’s extraordinary linguistic diversity.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">In addition to research, these positions will apply for competitive research funding, undertake some teaching, supervise PhD students and contribute to administrative activities within the School and the Department. We have a particular commitment to fieldwork-based research on little-known languages across the region, especially in its hotspots of fragile linguistic diversity (such as Melanesia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia). </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">As part of our drive to rectify historical gender imbalances in our linguistics program, we are particularly keen to encourage highly-qualified female applicants.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Further details of the positions can be obtained at:</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
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