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1) Subject: Research Assistantship in Intonational Variation in Arabic

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Date: 17 Jan 2011
From: Sam Hellmuth <sam.hellmuth at york.ac.uk>
Subject: Research Assistantship in Intonational Variation in Arabic

A Research Assistantship is available on the ESRC-funded project
Intonational Variation in Arabic.
تباين التنغيم في اللهجات العربية
[www-users.york.ac.uk/~sh581/ivar]

The IVAr project will create a corpus of Arabic speech recordings in which
speakers record a parallel set of sentences, stories and conversations. A
basic dataset will be collected with 18-24 year olds in five regions of the
Arab world, and in two of these regions an in-depth survey will collect
additional data with older speakers (50+) and in neighbouring cities.
Prosodic transcription of the intonation patterns observed in the corpus
will provide the basis for publication of descriptions of the typical
intonation patterns in individual dialects, and comparisons among them.

You will conduct fieldwork, undertake both quantitative auditory/acoustic
phonetic and qualitative data analysis (to include prosodic transcription
in the Autosegmental- Metrical framework), and participate in the
dissemination of findings. You will hold or will have submitted (prior to
commencement of employment) a PhD in phonetics and/or phonology and you
will be a native or near-native speaker of Arabic. Previous experience of
fieldwork and/or prosodic transcription is also advantageous. Relevant
training will be provided where necessary. Excellent IT proficiency and
time management skills are required.

The starting salary will be £28,893 per annum (GBP). The post is available
on a fixed term basis for up to 36 months.

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Dr Sam Hellmuth, phone:
+44-1904-322657, email: sam.hellmuth at york.ac.uk.

Closing date: 14 February 2011.

For further information and to apply on-line, please visit our website:
http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/ Alternatively contact HR Services on
+44-1904-324835 or recruitment at york.ac.uk quoting reference number
UoY01092.

The University of York is committed to promoting equality and diversity.

Application URL: http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/

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Dr Sam Hellmuth
Department of Language & Linguistic Science
University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD
email: sam.hellmuth at york.ac.uk
tel: 01904 322657 fax: 01904 322673

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