[Corpora-List] Job: PhD studentship in pragmatics and corpus linguistics at U. of Geneva

[Sandrine Zufferey]

PhD studentship in pragmatics and corpus linguistics
Department of Linguistics, University of Geneva

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Geneva, Switzerland,
invites applications for a doctoral research assistant position in
pragmatics. The successful candidate will be part of a group whose
research focuses on machine translation of pragmatic phenomena. The
candidate will participate in a Swiss-funded project on the modeling of
inter-sentential dependencies (connectives, anaphora, verbal tenses.
etc) to improve the output of machine translation systems for the
English / French pair.

Applicants will have received a Master's degree or equivalent in
Linguistics. Good knowledge of empirical methods in linguistics is
highly desirable. Excellent knowledge of both French and English is
required. Previous experience in natural language processing and
translation is a plus.

Funding is guaranteed for 3 years through a Swiss National Science
Foundation PhD studentship, with a possible extension for a fourth year.
Review of the applications will start immediately and will continue
until the position is filled. The appointment will start as soon as the
necessary work permits and documents are obtained, preferably on March
1st, 2010.

How to apply
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae indicating all classes and
grades, a short statement of interest, and names and email addresses of
at least two references. Electronic applications are strongly preferred.
Please send your application to both email addresses listed below with
CANDOC as the subject line. If electronic application is not possible,
please send your application package to the address below.

Contact information
Informal inquiries can be addressed to Dr. Sandrine Zufferey
(sandrine.zufferey at unige.ch) or to Prof. Jacques Moeschler
(Jacques.moeschler at unige.ch).
Department of Linguistics – Faculty of Arts and Humanities
University of Geneva
CH-1211 Geneva 4 – Switzerland

About the institution
The University of Geneva is one of the leading research universities in
Europe and offers excellent working conditions, as well as a stimulating
scientific environment.  More information about the Department of
Linguistics can be found at http://www.unige.ch/lettres/linguistique.
The University of Geneva wishes to increase the proportion of female
academic staff and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications
from women.


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