Corpora: Corpus Research Assistant Job

[Gordon Tucker]

Corpus Research Assistant Post - Cardiff University

We are making a final trawl for applications and enquiries for the
corpus research asssistant post described below. If any one is
interested or knows of anyone who might be interested, even at
this late stage, please contact Professor Theo van Leeuwen
(LeeuwenT at cf.ac.uk) as soon as possible.

Cardiff University

Research Programme in Language and Global
Communication

Centre for Language and Communication Research
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Research Assistant, Global Communication  (0.5)

You will be contributing to the design, development and
implementation of a multimodal (text and image)
corpus/database to serve a 5-year research programme on
language and global communication, funded by the Leverhulme
Trust

You will have at least a first degree in computer science, a good
understanding of database design and computer programming,
and an interest in the application of IT to linguistic research.
There is an opportunity to combine the job with part-time PhD
research in some aspect of computational linguistics.

Closing date for enquiries: 16 November 2001

Contact:  Professor Theo van Leeuwen,
vanleeuwenT at cardiff.ac.uk





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Dr Gordon Tucker
Senior Lecturer
Centre for Language and Communication
School of English Communication and Philosophy
University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

Tel: (0044)-(0)29 20874243
Fax: (0044)-(0)29 20874242