25.3571, Jobs: Bantu; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: Post Doc, SOAS, University of London

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Subject: 25.3571, Jobs: Bantu; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: Post Doc, SOAS, University of London

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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:32:24
From: Lutz Marten [lm5 at soas.ac.uk]
Subject: Bantu; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics: Post Doc, SOAS, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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University or Organization: SOAS, University of London 
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: London, United Kingdom 
Web Address: http://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/
Job Title: Research Assistant in Linguistics
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Required Language(s): Niger-Congo

Description:

The Research Assistant in Linguistics will work within the Leverhulme-funded
project on ‘Morphosyntactic variation in Bantu: Typology, contact and change’.
The project explores how the structures of different Bantu languages have been
shaped by the interaction of processes of historical innovation, language
contact, and universal functions of human language. It employs qualitative and
quantitative methods of language comparison and involves primary data
collection through fieldwork. The project is directed by Professor Lutz
Marten.

The successful applicant will be a central member of the research team and
involved in different aspects of the project. S/he will conduct primary
research on topics relevant to the project, be involved in dissemination and
publication of results, as well as in organisation of activities and events.

You will have a completed or near-completion PhD in linguistics or a related
subject, a good track record of research in linguistics and knowledge and
understanding of and/or interest in the following fields: 1) Bantu and/or
African languages and linguistics, 2) linguistic variation, language contact
and language change, 3) descriptive, comparative and/or theoretical
linguistics, 4) fieldwork in an African context, and/or 5) quantitative
approaches to language comparison.

This is a fixed-term position until 31 December 2017.

Visit the application website below to apply.

Application Deadline: 07-Oct-2014 

Web Address for Applications: http://www.soas.ac.uk/jobs 
Contact Information:
	Professor Lutz Marten 
	Email: lm5 at soas.ac.uk 

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