[Corpora-List] Job: Oxford, UK, for Computational Linguist to work on Oxford Children's Corpus

[Adam Kilgarriff]

Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant in the
Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, in
collaboration with the Department of Education and the Department of
Computer Science. The appointee will have expertise in computational
linguistics and will work on a research programme entitled “Using the
Oxford Children’s Corpus to explore children's literacy development: an
inter-disciplinary approach”.

   - full time
   - 12 months appointment
   - closing date: 3rd October 2013 (Noon, BST)
   - interviews: week beginning 31 October 2013

We hope the appointee will be able to take up the post in early January
2014, or as soon as possible thereafter.

**

It is expected that the appointee will have an undergraduate qualification
in a relevant subject (e.g., Psychology, Computer Science, Linguistics) and
a post-graduate qualification to at least Masters-level in a relevant
topic.  They will have expertise in analysing large corpora to explore
linguistic phenomena. ****

The appointee is expected to take the lead in delivering the programme of
research, working with the Principal Investigators:


   - Professor Kate Nation (Department of Experimental Psychology),
   - Dr. Victoria Murphy (Department of Education)
   - Professor Stephen Pulman (Department of Computer Science).

The Oxford Children’s Corpus is a large, representative corpus of
children’s written language, comprising many millions of words, sampled
from material written for children (including fiction, curriculum material,
websites, magazines) and by children themselves.  It is has been developed
by Oxford University Press. This project will use the corpus to examine a
variety of lexical phenomena including

   - the identification of features of children’s reading experience that
   might relate to reading development, in particular, contextual diversity
   and semantic similarity and
   - the examination of collocation patterns in children’s own writing.

**

 Further information about the Principal Investigators can be found at
their websites:****

 Nation:  http://lcd.psy.ox.ac.uk/****

Murphy: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/real/****

Pulman: http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/stephen.pulman/****

**See also http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/jobs/
Responsibilities/duties

1. Work collaboratively with the Principal Investigators, their research
groups and with Oxford University Press.

2. Devise methods for analysing the corpus so as to address research
questions.

3. Analyse data and prepare reports detailing findings.

4. Assist with the general administration of the project.

5. Contribute to and assist with organising a seminar series associated
with the project.

6. A willingness to collect and analyse behavioural data to complement
corpus data.
Selection criteria Essential

1. An undergraduate qualification (2.1 or above, or equivalent) in a
relevant subject such as Psychology, Computer Science,
Linguistics.

2. A postgraduate qualification to at least Masters level in a relevant
subject.

3. An understanding of computational linguistics, machine learning
techniques and corpus analysis.

4. Experience in using corpus tools such as the IMS corpus workbench.

5. Experience with one or more scripting languages (e.g. Perl, Python),
preferably in a Linux environment.

6. An understanding of experimental design and statistics.

7. An interest in understanding lexical processing, language development
and related theoretical topics.

8. A publication and dissemination record commensurate with stage of career.
Desirable

1. A PhD in a relevant subject.

2. Expertise in psycholinguistics, especially with respect to written
language and its development.
Working at the University of Oxford

For further information about working at Oxford, please see:

www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/jobs/research/
How to apply

If you consider that you meet the selection criteria, click on the *Apply
Now *button on the ‘Job Details’ page and follow the on-screen instructions
to register as a user. You will then be required to complete a number of
screens with your application details, relating to your skills and
experience. When prompted, please provide details of two referees and
indicate whether we can contact them at this stage. You will also be
required to upload a CV and supporting statement which explains how you
meet the selection criteria for the post. The supporting statement should
explain your relevant experience which may have been gained in employment,
education, or you may have taken time away from these activities in order
to raise a family, care for a dependant, or travel for example.  Your
application will be judged solely on the basis of how you demonstrate that
that you meet the selection criteria outlined above and we are happy to
consider evidence of transferable skills or experience which you may have
gained outside the context of paid employment or education.

Please save all uploaded documents to show your name and the document type.

Should you experience any difficulties using the online application system,
please email recruitment.support at admin.ox.ac.uk

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following link www.recruit.ox.ac.uk

Please note that you will be notified of the progress of your application
by automatic e-mails from our e-recruitment system. *Please check your
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