Fwd: Research Assistant in Phonetics, Welsh-English Contact

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

Job ad for a research assistant at Cardiff Metropolitan University. See details below from the Phonet list.

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> Date:    Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:52:00 +0100
> From:    Robert Mayr <rmayr at CARDIFFMET.AC.UK>
> Subject: Research Assistant in Phonetics
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> Research Assistant in Phonetics 0.5 FTE
> Post No: ST7565
> Cardiff School of Health Sciences, Centre for Speech and Language Therapy
> Salary fixed at £18,340 pro rata pa 
> Fixed Term Contract from 15 October 2012 until 12 April 2013
> Part time, 18.5 hours per week
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> The Centre for Speech and Language Therapy at Cardiff Metropolitan University invites applications for a part-time (0.5 FTE) Research Assistant to work on the British Academy-funded project “Sociophonetic variation in a language contact situation: The case of Welsh and Welsh English”, directed by Dr Robert Mayr and Prof Ineke Mennen.
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> This exciting project seeks to provide new insights into the role of bilingualism and sociophonetic variation in language contact situations by investigating the speech of Welsh-English bilinguals and English monolinguals from the same community.
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> The principle duties of the postholder will be (i) recruiting and managing subjects, (ii) participating in experimental design and stimulus generation, (iii) data collection and data management, and (iv) participating in data analysis.
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> Candidates should possess an honours degree in linguistics or phonetics, or a related discipline area (or equivalent), and will ideally also have relevant research experience at postgraduate level. It is essential that candidates are fluent Welsh speakers and have experience with acoustic data analysis. Experience with the design of language background questionnaires and statistical software packages is desirable.
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> The successful candidate will be expected to commence on 15 October 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter. 
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> For application forms and further details: www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/jobs or Human Resources, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YB or Tel: 029 2041 7026 or email: humanresources at cardiffmet.ac.uk
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> Closing Date: 27th August 2012
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