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Kersti Borjars
kersti.borjars at MAN.AC.UK
Wed Apr 5 15:32:41 UTC 2000
Lectureship in Historical Linguistics (Ref. no. 317/00)
This text can also be found at http://lings.ln.man.ac.uk/
Applications will be considered from those specializing in any branch of
historical linguistics. A strong research record is essential, and a
completed PhD is desirable. Applicants must be able to demonstrate an
interest both in the theoretical study of language change and in the
history of one or more languages and language families. Preference may be
given to candidates whose research relates to the history of a language or
languages other than English. An ability to contribute to the teaching of
either syntax or sociolinguistics would also be an advantage. The starting
date is 1 September 2000 or as soon as possible thereafter. Salary in the
Lecturer A range, i.e GBP17,328 - GBP22, 579 p.a. Closing date for
applications: 13 May 2000.
Applications forms are available from and applications should be submitted
to: Office of the Director of Personnel, The University of Manchester,
Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. Tel: ++44 (0)161 275 2028; Fax: ++44
(0)161 275 2221; Minicom (for the hearing impaired): ++44 (0)161 275 7889.
Email: personnel at man.ac.uk
Website: http://www.man.ac.uk
Applications should quote the above reference number and contain the names
of three referees. It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure that
supporting letters of reference are sent to the same address by the closing
date for applications.
It is expected that interviews for this post will be conducted in the week
beginning 5 June 2000. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a
talk based on their current research.
Person Description
Candidates should possess a strong research record, including a PhD or
equivalent publications, in any area of historical linguistics. They must
be able to demonstrate an interest both in the theoretical study of
language change and in the history of one or more languages and language
families. Preference may be given to candidates whose research relates to
the history of a language or languages other than English. An ability to
contribute to the teaching of either syntax or sociolinguistics would also
be an advantage. Candidates will need to have or acquire the presentational
skills necessary for lectures, seminars and small group teaching, and the
IT and organizational skills appropriate to departmental teaching and
administration.
Job Description
The appointed candidate will be expected to contribute to the research,
teaching (both undergraduate and postgraduate) and administration of the
Department of Linguistics. Staff are required to follow an induction course
prior to starting their duties if they have not taken a similar course in
another institution.
General particulars of appointment to posts of Lecturer refer to
the duty to undertake research. In the Faculty of Arts it is a matter of
policy that the capacity to fulfil that duty requires that care be taken by
Heads of School to ensure that the opportunity exists for staff to
undertake research. Newly appointed staff in particular, serving a period
of probation (normally up to four years), may expect to establish with
their Head of School and with their Departmental Chair appropriate
arrangements for undertaking research activity and for publishing their
results. A mentoring system also exists for new staff. In addition, reports
on research activity undertaken by probationary Lecturers, compiled by
various means including periodic appraisal by or for the Head of
Department, will form a significant part of the information to be taken
into account by the Faculty Review Committee and the Academic Promotions
Committee in determining progress in probation, and in formulating their
recommendations regarding the completion of probation.
The Department of Linguistics
The Department was rated 5 in the Research Assessment Exercise of 1996.
There are at present 13 members of the lecturing staff and 4 Research
Fellows, whose names and research interests are set out below: (In the
session 1999-2000 Professor Perera is seconded to the central
administration as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor Cruttenden has a
partial contract having taken early retirement. The present post is to
replace Dr David Willis, who is moving to Cambridge.)
Martin Barry Lecturer instrumental phonetics; forensic phonetics;
Russian
Susan Barry Lecturer instrumental phonetics; child phonology;
Russian
Delia Bentley Research Fellow morphosyntactic and semantic change;
Italian, Sicilian, Sardinian
Adrienne Bruyn Research Fellow creole languages; morphosyntactic change; Dutch
Kersti Börjars Senior Lecturer syntax (HPSG, LFG); morphology; Swedish,
Dutch, Pennsylvania German
William Croft Professor linguistic typology; semantics; cognitive
linguistics; American Indian languages
Alan Cruse Senior Lecturer lexical semantics; pragmatics; cognitive
linguistics; Arabic, Turkish
Alan Cruttenden Professor intonation theory; cross-linguistic and
cross-dialectal intonations
Thórhallur Eythórsson Research Fellow morphosyntactic change; Icelandic,
Gothic, Tokharian
Anthony Grant Research Fellow linguistic typology; Romani, American
Indian languages
Thomas Klein Lecturer phonology; creole languages; Chamorro,
German, Icelandic
Aditi Lahiri Professor phonology; psycholinguistics; Bengali, German
Yaron Matras Lecturer language contact; discourse pragmatics;
Romani, Turkish, German, Kurdish
John Payne Senior Lecturer syntax (Categorial Grammar); linguistic
typology; English Grammar; Iranian Languages, Russian
Katharine Perera Professor educational linguistics; the
acquisition of reading and writing; stylistics
Nigel Vincent Professor syntax (LFG); morphosyntactic change;
morphology; Italian, Latin
David Willis Lecturer syntactic change; Minimalism; Welsh, Russian
Professor Jacques Durand (Universiy of Toulouse) holds an Honorary Chair in
Phonology in the Department, and is co-organizer of the annual Manchester
Phonology Colloquium. The Department also has close links with the language
specialists (Prof Sylvia Adamson, Prof Richard Hogg, Prof David Denison, Dr
Chris McCully, Dr Ricardo Bermudez-Otero) in the Department of English, and
with Professor Martin Durrell and Dr Wiebke Brockhaus in the Department of
German.
The Department has a programme of postgraduate courses which form
in different ways the whole or the nucleus of various master's degrees,
including ones linking the Department with language departments in the
Faculty of Arts, with Psychology, Computer Science, and Mathematics (in the
Faculty of Science), and with the Faculty of Education. There are currently
13 Ph.D. students registered in the Department.
The Department is also involved in a large array of undergraduate
degree programmes, including single honours linguistics and joint degrees
with twelve other departments including Sociology and Social Anthropology.
The Department plays a role in the B.Sc. in Speech Pathology and Therapy
and contributes to degrees in Combined Studies, besides having many
students doing linguistics as a subsidiary subject.
The Department participates in a network in Linguistics under the
Socrates scheme, involving exchanges with Amsterdam, Berlin, Gerona,
Helsinki, Lund, Madrid, Naples, and Odense. Under the aegis of this
programme a European M.A. exists whereby students who register in one
country can do part of their degree in other countries. The Department also
belongs to a Socrates programme in Phonetics.
The Department has its own Library and a Phonetics Laboratory,
which has facilities for signal analysis, speech synthesis, laryngography,
and electro-palatography. Computation in the Department is primarily based
on Macintosh; the Department's local area network runs over Ethernet and is
connected to the campus backbone and thence to the Internet. A number of
PCs are also available.
The Department is a member of the North West Centre of Linguistics
(NWCL), a collaborative body embracing all staff and postgraduate students
in Linguistics in participating institutions in the North West. These
currently include the Universities of Central Lancashire, Lancaster,
Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, UMIST, and the University of Wales at
Bangor. NWCL arranges seminars, conferences, workshops and
inter-institutional postgraduate training.
More information about the Department and its activities can be
obtained by consulting the following website: http://lings.ln.man.ac.uk/
Those invited for interview will be asked to give a presentation of
their work to members of the Department. Applicants who require further
information are invited to contact either Prof Nigel Vincent
(nigel.vincent at man.ac.uk, +44-(0)161-275-3194/3187) or the Chair of the
Department, Dr Kersti Börjars (kersti.borjars at man.ac.uk, +44
(0)61-275-3042/3187).
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Kersti Bo"rjars Tel: +44-(0)161-275 3042
Department of Linguistics Fax: +44-(0)161-275 3187
University of Manchester e-mail: k.borjars at man.ac.uk
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