JOB: Discourse-based approaches to functional explanation for grammar

[Marianne Mithun]

Hi Carol,

I'm just back from Ecuador, and about to leave again tomorrow at the crack 
of dawn. But I saw your message a few days ago saying where you'd sent our 
ad. It looks like I accidentally deleted it. Could you tell me again where 
you've sent the ad? (I'm already getting inquiries of the kind we've been 
talking about, from more senior people.)

Thanks,
Marianne

--On Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:52 PM -0700 Carol Genetti 
<cgenetti at LINGUISTICS.UCSB.EDU> wrote:

> ILAT readers are encouraged to apply!
>
> APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING
>
> The Linguistics Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara
> seeks to hire a specialist in discourse-based approaches to functional
> explanation for grammar. The appointment will be tenure-track at the
> Assistant Professor level, effective July 1, 2012.
>
> Candidates' research should be based on a functionally oriented,
> empirically grounded approach to discourse and grammar, addressing the
> ways
> that language use shapes linguistic structure, and making significant
> theoretical contributions to the question of why languages are as they
> are.
> Candidates will be preferred whose research addresses the multidimensional
> nature of functional explanation, integrating insights from among the
> following areas: cross-linguistic and typological approaches to functional
> explanation for grammar; semantic and pragmatic motivations for grammar;
> historical change, evolution, and grammaticization; interactional
> functions
> and sociolinguistic variation of grammar; cognitive processing of grammar;
> use of innovative methodologies, such as current techniques for
> corpus-based quantitative and qualitative analysis; work with understudied
> language(s).
>
> We are especially interested in candidates who show the ability to link
> the
> theoretical implications of their research to other subdisciplines in
> linguistics and to related fields, and to interact with colleagues and
> students across disciplinary boundaries at UCSB. Candidates must have
> demonstrated excellence in teaching, and will be expected to teach a range
> of graduate and undergraduate courses in both functional grammar and
> general linguistics.
>
> Ph.D. in linguistics or a related field is required. Ph.D. normally
> required by the time of appointment. To ensure full consideration, all
> application materials, including letters of reference, should be received
> by November 1, 2011. The position will remain open until filled.
> Applicants
> should submit the following to search at linguistics.ucsb.edu in a standard
> electronic format (preferably pdf or rtf): letter of application,
> statement
> of research interests, curriculum vitae, and 2 writing samples. Applicants
> should request 3 academic letters of reference to be sent directly to
> search at linguistics.ucsb.edu by the November 1 deadline. Applicants should
> also complete the supplemental online data form at
> http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/search/coversheet.html. Fax and mail
> applications not accepted. Inquiries may be addressed to the Search
> Committee at search at linguistics.ucsb.edu. Interviews will be conducted
> either via Skype video conference call or in person at the Linguistic
> Society of America annual meeting (January 5-8, 2012); either interview
> format will be considered equivalent for consideration.
>
> Our department has a genuine commitment to diversity, and is especially
> interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and
> excellence
> of the academic community through research, teaching and service. UCSB is
> an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.