24.1702, Jobs: Multiple Languages; English Ling; Text/Corpus Ling; Translation: Post Doc, PhD students, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Subject: 24.1702, Jobs: Multiple Languages; English Ling; Text/Corpus Ling; Translation: Post Doc, PhD students, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:42:32
From: Martin Volk [volk at cl.uzh.ch]
Subject: Multiple Languages; English Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation: Post Doc, PhD students, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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University or Organization: University of Zurich 
Job Location: Zurich, Switzerland 
Web Address: http://www.es.uzh.ch
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation 

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      Finnish (fin) 
                      French (fra) 
                      German (deu) 
                      Russian (rus) 
                      Spanish (spa) 

Description:

The English department and the Institute of Computational Linguistics at the
University of Zurich are looking for a PhD student to work in the project
'Large-Scale Annotation and Alignment of Parallel Corpora for the
Investigation of Linguistic Variation'. The project aims at annotating and
aligning multi-lingual parallel corpora (English, German, French, Spanish,
Russian and Finnish), which will be used to study variable article use in
English and German. Funding is available for a period of three years and may
be extended.

Position Qualifications:
- Master in English Linguistics
- previous experience with corpus linguistics and statistics
- Languages: excellent English skills, good German skills (ideally, also basic
skills in one of the other languages)

Tasks:
- Develop a methodology to retrieve information on variable article use
(including zero articles) for English and German from the parallel corpora.
- Multi-factorial modelling of variable article use in English and German
(zero articles in English, in particular).
- Evaluate the usefulness of the corpus-driven approach to the modelling of
cross-linguistically relevant notions such as ’definiteness’ (extend to
typologically different language pairs).

Benefits:
- Salary according to the Swiss National Science Foundation rates (i.e. 42,000
CHF - 48,000 CHF per annum)
- Support for conference and summer school attendance
- Small and enthusiastic team
- High standard of living in Zurich, one of the most attractive European
cities.

Proposed starting date: 01-August-2013

Applications (including a CV and academic record) should be sent to by contact
email to:
English Linguistics: Prof. Dr. Marianne Hundt 
Computational Linguistics: Prof. Dr. Martin Volk 

Application Deadline: 31-May-2013



Application Deadline: 31-May-2013 
	  
Email Address for Applications: volk at cl.uzh.ch 
Contact Information:
	Prof. Dr. Martin Volk 
	Email: volk at cl.uzh.ch 





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