25.4485, Jobs: Nuer; Nilotic; Language Documentation; Morphology; Phonology: Research Fellow, University of Surrey

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Subject: 25.4485, Jobs: Nuer; Nilotic; Language Documentation; Morphology; Phonology: Research Fellow, University of Surrey

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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 22:04:54
From: Matthew Baerman [m.baerman at surrey.ac.uk]
Subject: Nuer; Nilotic; Language Documentation; Morphology; Phonology: Research Fellow, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

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University or Organization: University of Surrey 
Department: Surrey Morphology Group, Dept. of English & Languages
Job Location: Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom 
Web Address: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/englishandlanguages/research/smg/
Job Title: Research Fellow
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Language Documentation; Morphology; Phonology 

Required Language(s): Nuer (nus)
                      Nilotic 

Description:

Applications are invited for the position of Research Fellow in the Surrey
Morphology Group,  as part of the project  'Morphological Complexity in Nuer',
funded by the Arts and Humanities Research (UK). Project investigators are Dr
Matthew Baerman and Dr Oliver Bond (Surrey) and Dr Bert Remijsen (Edinburgh). 
This is a three-year position starting 1 April 2015.

The project involves a detailed description of the inflectional morphology of
Nuer, a West Nilotic (Nilo-Saharan) language spoken in South Sudan and
Ethiopia. The complexity of the system presents a real descriptive challenge,
compounded by the wealth of prosodic features (vowel length, tone and
phonation type) that play a crucial role in inflection. The Research Fellow
will work closely with the project investigators and the project PhD student,
and will be involved in the elicitation of data from speakers, as well as its
phonological and morphological analysis, leading to the compilation of a
morphological dictionary of Nuer inflection, among other outputs. Elicitation
will involve speakers both in the UK and in Ethiopia, which will require
periodic field trips in the course of the project.

Previous experience in language description is essential, and familiarity with
phonological analysis of prosodic features is highly desirable. Experience
with Nilotic languages or other languages of the region would also be a plus.
Candidates must have the ability to work independently while functioning as
part of a research team, and should hold a PhD or expect to complete all
requirements for the PhD prior to appointment.

The Surrey Morphology Group's current research ranges from fieldwork (on
Daghestanian, Oto-Manguean, Slavonic, Atlantic, Papuan and Tibeto-Burman
languages) to morphological theory (especially Network Morphology), linguistic
typology (including Canonical Typology) and computational modelling. At School
level, the School of English and Languages offers a collaborative and
successful research environment, and within this, the SMG has research
projects funded by the European Research Council, the AHRC and the ESRC.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Matthew Baerman (m.baerman at surrey.ac.uk)
or Dr Oliver Bond (o.bond at surrey.ac.uk).

Application Deadline: 08-Dec-2014 

Web Address for Applications: https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=073414 
Contact Information:
	Matthew Baerman 
	Email: m.baerman at surrey.ac.uk 

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