29.3791, Jobs: Fulfulde, Nigerian; Ghanaian Sign Language; Pidgin, Nigerian; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Syntax: Linguist, Adecco

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Subject: 29.3791, Jobs: Fulfulde, Nigerian; Ghanaian Sign Language; Pidgin, Nigerian; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Syntax: Linguist, Adecco

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Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:36:52
From: Elina Delidou [elina.delidou at adecco.co.uk]
Subject: Fulfulde, Nigerian; Ghanaian Sign Language; Pidgin, Nigerian; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Syntax: Linguist, Adecco, London, UK

 
University or Organization: Adecco 
Department: Linguist
Job Location: London, United Kingdom 
Web Address: https://www.adecco.co.uk/
Job Title: Linguist West African Languages
Job Rank: Linguist

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Syntax 

Required Language(s): Fulfulde, Nigerian (fuv)
                      Ghanaian Sign Language (gse) 
                      Pidgin, Nigerian (pcm) 

Description:

Linguist for African English variants       
Linguistic Field(s): 
- Speech processing, 
- Speech synthesis, 
- NLP, 
- Formal Grammars       
Location: London, UK   
Project Duration: Approximately 6 months (with potential extension), starting
as soon as possible.    
Salary: £52k+benefits       

As a Linguist you will collaborate with researchers and engineers by providing
linguistic expertise and direction for NLP projects and systems. You will work
closely with the researchers and engineers to train and/or evaluate NLP and
dialogue systems and propose solutions. You will also contribute to and
monitor data acquisition and curation; you will develop quality control
methodology, experiments and improvements in our ability to understand and
generate natural language. You will be providing linguistic analysis,
annotations and reviews for data for language variants including but not
limited to Nigerian and Ghanaen English. You will also contribute to a number
of other tasks to improve natural language understanding and speech
processing.       
This also includes:   
- Drafting linguistic guidelines   
- Annotating and reviewing texts according to linguistic guidelines   
- Labeling text with phonological, semantic, syntactic and morphological
features   
- Annotating lexicon entries according to guidelines   
- Creating verbalisation rules, such as expanding URLs, email addresses,
numbers   
- Creating annotation conventions   
- Providing expertise on pronunciation and phonotactics   
- Working with QA tools according to given guidelines and using in-house tools
 
    
Requirements:       
- Degree in Linguistics or a related field   
- Native-level speaker of a West African English variant, or native speaker of
at least one West African language and fluent in English   
- Basic understanding of phonology and phonetics   
- Interest in technology and computer-literate   
- Excellent oral and written communication skills       

Preferred Requirements:       
- Interest in natural language processing, linguistics, linguistic resources  
- Experience in computational linguistics, semantics, syntax, morphology
and/or lexicography   
- Keen ear for phonetic nuances and attention to detail   
- Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; learn in-house tools

To apply:
Please send your CV to the application email below or call Elina Delidou at
the phone number provided below.



Application Deadline: 07-Apr-2019 
	  
Email Address for Applications: elina.delidou at adecco.co.uk 
Contact Information:
	Miss Elina Delidou 
	Email: elina.delidou at adecco.co.uk 
	Phone: 02076593237 


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