Job / Oferta de tabajo: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Spanish Linguistics/SLA, University of Southampton (UK)

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Job / Oferta de tabajo:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Spanish Linguistics/SLA, University of
Southampton (UK)
Application Deadline: 11-Apr-2008
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University or Organization: University of Southampton (UK)
Department: Modern Languages
Job Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Web Address: http://www.lang.soton.ac.uk/
 Job Rank: Post Doc
 Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Spanish Linguistics

Description:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Spanish Linguistics / SLA
University of Southampton (UK)
Salary: £28,289 per annum

Applications are invited for the position of Postdoctoral Research
Fellow on the ESRC-funded research project "Emergence and Development
of the
Tense-Aspect system in L2 Spanish". You will contribute to all aspects
of data gathering, database creation, data analysis and dissemination
on this
collaborative project. The members of the research team are: Dr. Laura
Domínguez (Project Director, Southampton), Professor Ros Mitchell
(Project
Director, Southampton); Professor Florence Myles (Project Director,
Newcastle); Dr María J. Arche (Project Adviser, Greenwich).

This is a fixed term full time appointment from 1 June 2008 until 30
November 2009. The aim of the project is to investigate the stages and
factors involved in the emergence of Tense and Aspect in L2 Spanish.
The team of researchers are already developing a cross-sectional
database of spoken learner Spanish, the 'Spanish Learner Language Oral
Corpus' (www.splloc.soton.ac.uk). The current project will further
develop the corpus through development of a new range of tasks (both
open and closed) that will enable us to explore the development of
Tense and Aspect in L2 Spanish.

During the first stage of the project the team will design a range of
elicitation tasks to gather both spoken and written L2 Spanish from
learners at beginner, intermediate and advanced level. The digital
audio data will be transcribed using CHAT conventions, and tagged for
parts of speech using the CLAN software. The substantive research
programme of the project will be carried out during the second stage
of the project, and will also be supported through the use of CLAN.

Applicants will hold a doctorate in a relevant area of Spanish
linguistics / applied linguistics and will have a good knowledge of
Spanish morphosyntax
as well as second language acquisition theory. You will have some
relevant fieldwork experience and native/ near native competence in
both Spanish and English. You will be expected to develop full
expertise with CHILDES programs (CHAT and CLAN), but previous
experience of CHILDES, although
desirable, is not essential as training and support will be given as needed.

For an application form and further particulars visit the application
url listed below, Email: recruit at soton.ac.uk, Tel: (+44) (0)23 8059
2750.
Please quote reference number 2132-08-L

 Application Deadline: 11-Apr-2008

Web Address for Applications: http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk
Contact Information:
Dr. Laura Dominguez
Email: ldo at soton.ac.uk
Phone: (+44) (0)23 80593403

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