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Job posting

At Tilburg University in Holland, Department of Linguistics,
there is a vacancy for a full-time:
Ph.D. student
for the project "Synchronic register variation in mono- and bilingual Turkish"
Vacancy number 810.2002.03

Babylon, Center for studies of Multilingualism in the multicultural Society
(see www.kub.nl) offers a 4-year position for a Ph.D. student as part of
the project 'Synchronic register variation in mono- and bilingual Turkish'.
The project focuses on variation in Turkish as it is spoken in Turkey and
by the bilingual immigrant community in Holland. Tasks consist of building
up a corpus of natural spoken Turkish, and analyzing selected aspects, in
close cooperation with the principal investigator and a research assistant.
Candidates must have a sound knowledge of Turkish and possess a Masters
diploma that testifies to an affinity with the fields of sociolinguistics
and/or corpus linguistics. For further information or a more detailed
description of the project, please contact Dr. A. Backus (e-mail
a.m.backus at kub.nl or backus at ling.ucsd.edu).
The collective labour agreement of Tilburg University applies. You will
have a 4-year contract. The starting salary is 1551 euro gross per month
which will mount to 2103 euro gross in the 4th. year for full-time employment.
Applications, accompanied by a CV, have to be submitted in writing before
April 30, to Faculteit der Letteren, att. The managing director, mrs. drs.
O. Zweekhorst kamer U 40, Postbus 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg.
If you wish to apply via e-mail, please send your letter and CV to our
Personnel Manager on his e-mail address p.m.vanbalen at kub.nl
It is the policy of the university to increase the number of women
employed. Also members of ethnic minority groups and handicapped people are
expressly invited to apply.