28.3163, Jobs: Arabic; English; Applied Linguistics; Historical Linguistics: Post Doc, SOAS University of London

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Subject: 28.3163, Jobs:  Arabic; English; Applied Linguistics; Historical Linguistics: Post Doc, SOAS University of London

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Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 22:13:22
From: Christopher Lucas [cl39 at soas.ac.uk]
Subject: Arabic; English; Applied Linguistics; Historical Linguistics: Post Doc, SOAS University of London, UK

University or Organization: SOAS University of London 
Department: School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Job Location: London, United Kingdom 
Web Address: https://www.soas.ac.uk/
Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language contact, dialect contact

Required Language(s): Arabic, Egyptian (arz)
                      Arabic, Mesopotamian (acm) 
                      Arabic, North Levantine (apc) 
                      Arabic, South Levantine (ajp) 

Description:

The role and its responsibilities:

The successful candidate for this role will work closely with Dr Christopher
Lucas on the AHRC Leadership Fellows project ‘Arabic and contact-induced
language change’, collecting linguistic data from native speakers of different
Arabic dialects resident in London, co-editing a handbook on the topic of the
project, and assisting in the organisation of workshops and conferences
associated with the project. The goal of the project is to push forward
understanding in three understudied domains with significant potential for
fruitful integration, namely: theoretical modelling of contact-induced
language change; the role of language and dialect contact in the evolution of
Arabic and its neighbours; best practice in LADO (language analysis for the
determination of origin) in relation to Arabic.

Skills and experience:

Applicants must hold a doctorate on a topic in Arabic or historical
linguistics and have had a broad training in one or more of the following
areas: general structural linguistics; Arabic dialectology; historical
linguistics. They should be native or near-native speakers of both Arabic and
English. They should have a high standard of written English, for both
academic and non-academic audiences, and the ability to edit the academic
writing of others. The ability to plan and conduct primary linguistic research
is essential, as is either experience working with LaTeX or the abillity to
learn to use LaTeX.

Competitive benefits package:

As an employer of choice SOAS offers an extensive benefits package including:
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional School closure days (pro
rata for part time staff)
- Pension scheme with generous employer contribution
- Various loan schemes including season ticket and IT equipment
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay provisions, childcare voucher
scheme, financial support for childcare

Completed applications must be received by 23:59 on the closing date to be
considered.

Interviews will provisionally be held in the week commencing: 21st August
2017. The post is full time (25 hours per week – 1.0 FTE) and fixed-term for
12 months, starting on 1st September 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Salary is £35,231 per annum inclusive of London Allowance.

Application Deadline: 06-Aug-2017 

Web Address for Applications: http://bit.ly/2vM7WJp 
Contact Information:
	Dr Christopher Lucas 
	Email: cl39 at soas.ac.uk 

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