8.485, Jobs: Senior Lecturer, Computational lx

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Subject: 8.485, Jobs: Senior Lecturer, Computational lx

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1)
Date:  Sat, 5 Apr 1997 21:43:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Judith Parker <jparker at paprika.mwc.edu>
Subject:  Introductory lx, psycholinguistics, linguistics and text

2)
Date:  Tue, 8 Apr 1997 13:43:35 +0200 (MET DST)
From:  Jonas Kuhn <jonas at IMS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
Subject:  Computational Linguistics Position

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Date:  Sat, 5 Apr 1997 21:43:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Judith Parker <jparker at paprika.mwc.edu>
Subject:  Introductory lx, psycholinguistics, linguistics and text

Mary Washington College seeks applicants for a one-year, Senior
Lecturer position in Linguistics beginning in August 1997.
Duties are teaching introductory linguistics, psycholinguistics,
and linguistics and text (using linguistic methods to analyze
texts).  Teaching load is four courses per semester.  Minimum
degree qualification is ABD in Linguistics; Ph.D. in Linguistics
preferred.  Previous teaching experience also preferred.  Send a
letter of application, curriculum vitae, official transcripts of
all graduate course work, and three letters of recommendation
to:

Linguistics Search, Box 615, Mary Washington College,
Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5358.

Deadline for receipt of materials is May 12, 1997 by 5 p.m.

Postmarks will not be honored.

Telephone inquiries to John Morello, Chair, Department
of English, Linguistics, and Speech (504/654-1530).

Mary Washington College is committed to Affirmative Action and
encourages applications from minorities and women.  The College
is located an hour from Washington, D.C., and Richmond, VA, and
is a state-supported, co-educational, liberal arts college with
a highly selective admissions policy and a strong commitment to
undergraduate education.


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Date:  Tue, 8 Apr 1997 13:43:35 +0200 (MET DST)
From:  Jonas Kuhn <jonas at IMS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
Subject:  Computational Linguistics Position


                COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS POSITION

           INSTITUT FUER MASCHINELLE SPRACHVERARBEITUNG
                      UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART


A position in grammar writing is available in the LFG ParGram
project.  Native or near-native competence of German is
necessary.

Das Projekt ParGram widmet sich der parallelen Entwicklung von
grossen LFG-Grammatiken fuers Englische, Franzoesische und
Deutsche
(http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/projekte/pargram/). Projektpartner
sind Xerox PARC und Rank Xerox Grenoble.

Der/die erfolgreiche Kandidat/in soll im Team an der Weiter-
entwicklung, am Testen und Warten der deutschen Grammatik
mitwirken.  Er/sie sollte die folgenden Voraussetzungen
erfuellen:

  - Abschluss in Computerlinguistik, Informatik oder Linguistik
  - sehr gute Kenntnisse der Syntax des Deutschen
  - mind. Grundkenntnisse der LFG
  - Erfahrungen in der Grammatikkodierung mit unifikationsbasierten
    Formalismen

Erfahrungen im Einsatz von Grammar Engineering-Methoden (Test-
und Evaluationsverfahren, Corpus-basiertes Vorgehen,
Dokumentations- techniken etc.) sind von Vorteil.

Die Position als wissenschaftliche/r Angestellte/r (BAT IIa) ist
ab sofort zu besetzen und zunaechst auf drei Jahre befristet.
Eine Verlaengerung ist moeglich.

Senden Sie bitte zunaechst bis 30. April 1997 eine informelle
Bewerbung per Email an Jonas.Kuhn at ims.uni-stuttgart.de.  Eine
ausfuehrlichere Bewerbung kann nachgereicht werden.

         Prof. Dr. Christian Rohrer
         Institut fuer maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung
         Universitaet Stuttgart
         Azenbergstrasse 12
         D-70174 Stuttgart
         Germany

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