Fw: Jobs at Reading (fwd)

[Lynne Murphy]

Some of you might be interested in the Language Change position below.

Lynne



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> >  From:         David Lightfoot <dlight at Glue.umd.edu>
> >  Date:         Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:29:46 EST
> >  Subject:      Reading ads (fwd)
> >  To:           HISTLING at VM.SC.EDU
> >  Reply-To:     David Lightfoot <dlight at Glue.umd.edu>
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> >  The Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading, U.K., is
> >  seeking to fill the following posts:
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> >               Lectureship in Language Pathology
> >  The person appointed must have a higher degree, good teaching skills and
> >  be able to contribute to the department's research profile. A clinical
> >  qualification in speech and language therapy is essential. Applicants
> >  with an interest in paediatric speech and language disorders and a
> >  commitment to high quality clinical teaching will be especially
> >  welcome. The appointment will be made on the Lecturer B scale according to
> >  experience and qualification. Closing date for applications:  28th
> >  February.  Post ref: AC0003
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> >        Lectureships in Language Acquisition and in Language Change
> >  Following the appointment of Professor David Lightfoot to the Chair of
> >  Linguistic Science, two new Lecturer posts have been created. In both
> >  cases, applicants should be interested in grammatical theory. The
> >  Language Acquisition post will be filled by someone experimenting
> >  with the language of young children. The Language Change post will be
> >  filled by somebody investigating language change and variation in the
> >  context of current grammatical theory. Both posts will in the first
> >  instance be for a fixed term of three years. Applicants should have
> >  experience of research and teaching in these areas, a PhD in a relevant
> >  field, and publications likely to enhance the department's research
> >  profile.  Applicants should send a cv, a sample of their work, and arrange
> >  to have three letters of reference sent.  Closing date for applications is
> >  21 Feb 2000.  The language acquisition post will be on lectureship
> >  A/B; reference is AC0004a.  The language change post will be lectureship
> >  A; reference is AC0004b.
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> >  Further information about the department can be found at
> >  http://www.linguistics.reading.ac.uk
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> >  For further particulars and application form, please contact the Personnel
> >  Office, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6
> >  6AH. Telephone: 0118 931 6771.  e-mail personnel at reading.ac.uk
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> >  For any other enquiries, please contact the Head of Department, Professor
> >  Peter Roach,  email:  p.j.roach at reading.ac.uk
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