typology job

[Miriam Butt]

There is a three-year half-time research position available in the
Linguistics Dept at the Universitaet Konstanz (Germany), beginning 1
February 2000 or asap thereafter.

The successful candidate will be expected to work half of her/his time on
her/his PhD and the other half on a research project on the typology and
change of form classes (lexical to grammatical and the other way round),
funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

A solid background in linguistic theory and historical linguistics and some
genetic or areal specialisation are desirable.

Payment according to the BAT IIa/2 scale (around DM 2,500 p.m. before taxes).

Further particulars from Frans Plank at the addresses below.  Send
applications and summary of MA thesis or the like by the end of January.


Frans Plank
Sprachwissenschaft
Universitaet Konstanz
D-78457 Konstanz
Germany
E-mail:  frans.plank at uni-konstanz.de
Tel:   +49-(0)7531-88 2656, home +49-(0)7531-57450
Fax:   +49-(0)7531-88 4190