29.2500, Jobs: English; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Phonetics: Post Doc, Aarhus University

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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:44:20
From: Info Signatur [info at signatur.dk]
Subject: English; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Phonetics: Post Doc, Aarhus University, Denmark

 
University or Organization: Aarhus University 
Department: Department of English
Job Location: Aarhus, Denmark 
Web Address: http://cc.au.dk/en/about-the-school/departments/english/
Job Title: Postdoctoral fellowship in language variation and change 980895
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Phonetics; Acoustic Analyses, LVC

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

The School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, invites
applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in language variation and
change. This is a full-time position and begins on 1 January 2019 or as soon
as possible thereafter. It is associated with the research project “Ageing in
Language Variation and Change”, supported by an Aarhus University Research
Foundation (Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond (AUFF)) Starting Grant. The
position is based at the Department of English, which is part of the School of
Communication and Culture.
 
The successful applicant will be a member of the research group Sounds of
Language and Speech (for more information about the group and our phonetics
lab, see: https://soundsoflanguageandspeech.wordpress.com/).  The project is
coordinated by Michaela Hejná at the Department of English, and will run from
January 2019 until December 2020.
 
Aims of the postdoc research project:
Within the field of language variation and change, age is often approached as
a social variable (social age), as well as being placed on a par with
chronological age (as opposed to biological age). This is the general
tendency, despite the multifaceted characteristics of age (e.g. Eckert 1997).
So the first aim of the postdoc research project is to develop the appropriate
methodology to conduct linguistic research that considers social age as the
key variable, as opposed to chronological age.
 
Most likely because biological age is difficult to determine without obtaining
biological data, the role of biological ageing on language variation and
change has not received as much attention as, for example, biological sex
(vis-à-vis social gender identity). The second aim of the postdoc position is
to contrast biological and chronological age and establish whether the former
has any effects on selected laryngeal phenomena. This will include collection
and analyses of production data as well as collection of the speakers’
biomarkers (in collaboration with Gillian Pepper and Daniel Nettle, Centre of
Behaviour and Evolution, Newcastle University, UK). The project will enable us
to establish not only whether biological ageing is a factor relevant for at
least some consonantal and vocalic changes, but also what the magnitude of
this potential effect may be. 
 
Qualifications:
- Eligible applicants for this position should hold a PhD degree or equivalent
qualifications. 
- Applicants must document the ability to conduct research using acoustic
analyses within the field of phonetics and/or language variation and change
(LVC). 
- Candidates are expected to master the statistical methods used in phonetics
and LVC.
- Experience of R is required.
- Experience of using articulatory equipment will be considered an advantage.
- Very good command of academic English in oral and written communication is
required. 
- Applicants should be interested in collaborative, interdisciplinary work. 
- Applicants should also submit a description of one or two research projects
in which the applicant has been involved, showcasing the type of questions and
methodological approaches of which the applicant has experience (the
applicant’s PhD project, for example). 
- The description should be no more than three pages long.
 
The application and all the relevant documents must be submitted in English.

Deadline:
All applications must be made online and received by the deadline listed
below. 

Please read the full announcement and apply online at:
http://www.au.dk/en/about/vacant-positions/scientific-positions/stillinger/Vac
ancy/show/980895/5283/



Application Deadline: 31-Jul-2018 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://bit.ly/2JFL7P5 
Contact Information:
	Helle Sindal 
	Email: hsi at au.dk 


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