28.1019, Jobs: Syntax: Assistant Professor, University of Essex

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Subject: 28.1019, Jobs:  Syntax: Assistant Professor, University of Essex

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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:52:13
From: Nancy C. Kula [nckula at essex.ac.uk]
Subject: Syntax: Assistant Professor, University of Essex, Essex, United Kingdom

University or Organization: University of Essex 
Department: Language and Linguistics
Job Location: Essex, United Kingdom 
Web Address: https://www.essex.ac.uk/langling/
Job Title: Lecturer in Linguistics (Syntax)
Job Rank: Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: Syntax 

Description:

The Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex is
seeking to appoint a 2-year fixed term full-time Lecturer in Linguistics
(Syntax) to cover a 2-year Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship awarded to
Prof Louisa Sadler. The appointed candidate will be responsible for delivering
teaching in syntax and semantics at both the undergraduate and postgraduate
level, will contribute more widely to core areas of the linguistics
curriculum, and will be expected to undertake supervision of both BA and MA
projects and contribute administratively to the Department.

The appointed candidate must be able to teach two graduate level modules in
Syntactic Theory and one graduate level module in Formal Semantics. Teaching
in syntax and semantics or a related field will also be expected at
undergraduate level. The candidate should have a good understanding of both
descriptive and formal approaches to syntax and contemporary semantics. The
successful candidate will hold a PhD in syntax, semantics, grammatical
description or a related specialism and will demonstrate evidence of the
ability to publish high quality research in an appropriate area, and have
future plans for publication. The applicant should demonstrate an ability to
offer a transformative education to students. Experience in teaching syntax at
the undergraduate and graduate level is highly desirable, as well as working
with corpus data and exploiting tools such as sketch engine.

The contract is for a 2-year fixed term 1.0fte full time role (nominal 36
hours per week).

Closing date: 19 March 2017
Start date: 1 September 2017

For any queries contact: Nancy C. Kula, Head of Department

Please use the link below for a full job description, person specification and
further information relating to this post. We recommend you read this
information carefully before making an application. Applications should be
made on-line.

Application Deadline: 19-Mar-2017 

Web Address for Applications: https://goo.gl/RtD0eH 
Contact Information:
	Nancy C. Kula 
	Email: nckula at essex.ac.uk 

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