25.2595, Support: Language Documentation, Phonology / Finland

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LINGUIST List: Vol-25-2595. Tue Jun 17 2014. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 25.2595, Support: Language Documentation, Phonology / Finland

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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:48:12
From: Lotta Aunio [lotta.aunio at helsinki.fi]
Subject: Language Documentation, Phonology: PhD Student, University of Helsinki, Finland

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 Institution/Organization: University of Helsinki 
Department: Department of World Cultures 
Web Address: http://www.helsinki.fi/worldcultures/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Teaching

Specialty Areas: Language Documentation; Phonology 
African Linguistics, Tonology 

Description:

Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki invites applications for a doctoral student position
in the project "Stability and Change in Language Contact: The Case of Southern Ndebele (South Africa)," led by Professor Axel Fleisch and funded by the Academy of Finland. 
The length of the term of the position is 48 months, beginning on 1 September 2014.

Duties and Responsibilities: 
The doctoral student will be expected to work on his or her own doctoral thesis and complete his or her postgraduate studies, in collaboration with a research team working on South African isiNdebele. This will involve several fieldwork stays for data collection. The thesis relates to the Phonology/Prosody of Southern Ndebele and will be supervised by Dr. Lotta Aunio. The duties also include modest teaching and other research-related tasks.

Requirements:
The successful applicant must posses:
- an MA degree in African Linguistics or a closely related discipline (e.g. Linguistic Anthropology, General Linguistics); 
- experience in the following areas (will be considered an advantage): Bantu language studies, Phonology (in particular Tonology/Prosody), and Contact Linguistics;
- excellent research collaboration;
- very good oral and written English;
- organizational skills;
- ability and motivation, as demonstrated in previous degree studies or otherwise, to pursue postgraduate studies and a doctoral degree. 
The appointee must hold the right to pursue doctoral studies at the University of Helsinki or apply for the right to pursue doctoral studies during the next application round. For more information, see website: http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/english/postgraduate/apply.htm 

The University of Helsinki offers a salary dependent on qualifications and work experience. At the beginning of the employment period doctoral student’s salary is €2,022 gross per month, for full-time employment. The appointment starts with a probationary period of four months.

How to apply:
Please send an applications as a single PDF file to Prof. Axel Fleisch at axel.fleisch at helsinki.fi ,
by July 11, 2014 at 15:45 (Finnish local time, +2 GMT), including the following documents:
- an application letter;
- a research plan;
- curriculum vitae (CV); 
- list of publications; 
- the contact details of a former supervisor or an academic teacher willing to give further information on request. 

For more information, contact Dr. Lotta.Aunio at helsinki.fi 
and see website:
http://www.helsinki.fi/university/; http://www.helsinki.fi/africa/index.htm 

Application Deadline: 11-Jul-2014 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof. Axel Fleisch 
axel.fleisch at helsinki.fi 
University of Helsinki 00014 
Finland 

Contact Information: 
	Lotta Aunio 
lotta.aunio at helsinki.fi  

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