Bolsa de Pos-Doutorado

[Alexandra Aikhenvald]

RCLT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2007
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Applications are invited for two three-year Postdoctoral Research
Fellowships in the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology.  They are to
commence on 1st May 2007, or soon thereafter.

Applicants should have been awarded their doctorate within the last five
years.  They should have experience of linguistic fieldwork and will,
ideally, have already completed a grammatical description of some
previously undescribed language (not their native language) in terms of
basic linguistic theory.  The University may consider cases in which the
period is in excess of five years due to special circumstances.
Applications will be considered from candidates whose thesis is
currently under examination.  Applicants must hold a doctoral degree or
have equivalent qualifications at the date of appointment.  A Fellowship
will not normally be awarded to an applicant who already holds an
appointment within the University.

The successful applicant will work as part of a team with Professor
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Professor R.M.W. Dixon, and other members of
the Research Centre.  Ideally, we are looking for one Postdoctoral
Research Fellow who will work on a language from South America and one
who will work on a language from New Guinea.  However applicants with
primary interest in another area will be considered. Each appointee will
undertake extensive fieldwork and will either (i) produce a
comprehensive description of some previously undescribed language; or
(ii) pursue an in-depth study of a language contact situation. Option
(ii) will only be available to someone who already has good knowledge of
one or more of the languages involved in a suitable contact situation
(and has undertaken significant analytic on them).  The choice of
project will be made after discussion between the successful applicant
and Professors Aikhenvald and Dixon.

The Fellowship will be a three-year appointment and is intended to
advance the research activities of the University by bringing to or
retaining in Australia a promising scholar.

Enquiries should be directed initially to the Associate Director of
RCLT, Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (email
a.aikhenvald at latrobe.edu.au, phone +61 3 9479 6402). 

Further information concerning the Research Centre, and the application
form, may be obtained from the RCLT World Wide Web Address
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt.

The application must be received by the Secretary of the RCLT Research
Committee, no later than 
29th January 2007.  Applicants should supply the names of three referees
who will be contacted by RCLT. Applicants should also send in hard
copies of their thesis and/or dissertation, and of published work
(including papers in press).

Salary Range:		A$56,077 pa. - A$60,194 pa.	Closing Date:
29th January 2007. 
La Trobe University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides a
smoke-free work environment.


Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald, PhD, DLitt, FAHA
Associate Director and Postgraduate Coordinator
Research Centre for Linguistic Typology
La Trobe University
Victoria 3086
Tel: 61-(0)3-9479 6402
Fax: 61-(0)3-9467 3053
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/StaffPages/aikhenvald.htm 
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