Job announcement: Sociolinguistics: Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

[Harold Schiffman]

Sociolinguistics: Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

University or Organization: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Web Address: http://www.wits.ac.za
Job Rank: Lecturer

Specialty Areas: Sociolinguistics; Psycholinguistics, Historical
Linguistics, African


Description:

The Department of Linguistics seeks to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
in Linguistics, with a specialization in sociolinguistics. Applicants for
the Senior Lectureship should have experience in university-level teaching
and a good publications record. Interest in an additional area of
linguistics, for example psycholinguistics, Black South African English,
historical linguistics or the use of corpora in linguistics, would be an
advantage.

Qualifications: Applicants for the Senior lectureship should have a PhD in
Linguistics with a strong record of publications. For a Lectureship, a PhD
is normally required, as well as a record of publications.

Duties: Teaching and supervision at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Research in areas of teaching and interest. Administration within the
Department and at School level.

Experience: At least three years of teaching at tertiary level for Senior
lecturer, and not less than one year for Lecturer.

Evidence of research publications.

Remuneration will be consonant with qualifications and relevant expertise.

The appointee must be able to take up the post from 1 July 2008.

To apply: Submit a letter of motivation, detailed CV with the names,
addresses and contact numbers of 3 referees (including email addressess)
to Mrs Pumla Ngcobo.

The university reserves the right to verify qualifications and credit standing.

Application Deadline: 07-Mar-2008
Mailing Address for Applications:
Mrs Pumla Ngcobo, HR Officer
Faculty of Humanities
University of the Witwatersrand
Private Bag 3
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2050 WITS
South Africa
Email Address for Applications: pumla.ngcobowits.ac.za
Contact Information:
Dr Andrew van der Spuy
Email: andrew.vanderspuywits.ac.za
Phone: ++27-11-717-4185
Fax: +27-11-717-4270
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