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[Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald]

Three-year Research Fellowship (Level B) - Reference number: 50004477
This position attracts a remuneration package of $56,877 to $67,541 per
annum which includes 17% superannuation with a salary component of $48,613
to $57,728 per annum. 
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:  Monday 24 July 2000

 
Applications are invited for a three-year Research Fellowship in the
Research Centre for Linguistic Typology (La Trobe University). This is to
commence no later than 1 January 2001 (an earlier starting date is possible). 

Applicants should have a PhD in linguistics or be close to the award of a
PhD (they will have to have submitted their dissertation before taking up
this position).  They should have experience of linguistic fieldwork and
will, ideally, have already completed a grammatical description of some
previously undescribed language (not their native language) in terms of
basic linguistic theory.

The successful applicant will work as part of a team with Professor R.M.W.
Dixon, Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, and other members of the Research
Centre, on a topic relating to languages from either South America or the
New Guinea region (primarily relating to Papuan languages). They will
undertake extensive fieldwork and will either (i) produce a comprehensive
description of some previously undescribed language; or (ii) pursue an
in-depth study of a language contact situation. Option (ii) will be
suitable for someone who already has good knowledge of one or more of the
languages involved in a suitable contact situation.  The choice of project
will be made after discussion between the successful applicant and
Professors Dixon and Aikhenvald.

The Research Centre for Linguistic Typology consists, at any one time, of
about twenty scholars, working on a variety of languages.  Besides the
permanent staff we have an array of Research Fellows and PhD students; each
year a number of senior scholars from across the world spend from three to
six months with us as Visiting Fellows.  Our personnel this year includes
specialists on spoken languages from the following families and areas:
Uto-Aztecan, Siouan, Arawak, Arawá, Barbacoan, Macro-Je, Indo-European,
Afroasiatic, Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Tibeto-Burman, Papuan, Austronesian
and Australian, in addition to sign languages.

RCLT works in close cooperation with the Department of Linguistics in La
Trobe University's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, which has a
full program of teaching and research. Faculty members in the department
are: Professor Barry Blake, Associate Professor David Bradley, Associate
Professor Kate Burridge, Dr Hilary Chappell and Dr Ng Bee-Chin. The
university library has an excellent collection in linguistics and related
fields.

An allowance will be made to cover travelling expenses to and from
Australia at the beginning and end of the period of employment.  A suitable
allowance will be made to cover the expenses of linguistic fieldwork either
in South America or in the New Guinea region.
 

Further information about RCLT will be found at our website:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/rclt. Prospective applicants are invited to
write to us at linguistic.typology at latrobe.edu.au if they have any queries.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS:  		Applications should be marked Private and
Confidential and forwarded to:
		Office of the Director (Personnel)
		La Trobe University
		Bundoora, Victoria  3083

Applications should quote the Reference number, address the selection
criteria and include a curriculum
vitae, list of publications, and the names of three referees (plus
addresses, e-mail addresses, phone and fax numbers).  A copy of the
application should also be sent direct to Ms Siew Peng Condon, Executive
Officer, Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University,
Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia.


CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:  Monday 24 July 2000
 

 
 
SELECTION CRITERIA
 

	Essential Requirements
1.	Thorough professional training in linguistics, with special reference to
language description and linguistic typology.
2.	Applicants should either already have a PhD or be in the final stages of
a Doctoral Program (the dissertation must be submitted beofre taking up the
appointment), with their dissertaion dealing with a topic in descriptive
linguistics in terms of basic linguistic theory (not in terms of any
non-basic formalism).
3.	Ability to work, under direction, as a member of a research team.
4.	Ability to work to a timetable, and produce results on time.
	
	
	Desirable Attributes
1.	Some training in anthropology is desirable.
2.	Ideally, to have produced a description of a language, preferably (a) a
language for which there had previously been no good description; and (b) a
language other than that of which they are native speaker.
3.	Demonstrated research experience which has resulted in publications,
conference papers, reports or professional or technical contributions which
give evidence of research ability.
	

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:  Monday 24 July 2000



Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Associate Director
Research Centre for Linguistic Typology
Institute for Advanced Study
La Trobe University
Bundoora, Vic
Australia 3083

e-mail a.aikhenvald at latrobe.edu.au

phone: 61-(0)3-9467-3079 Uni
	61-(0)3-9467-0020 home

fax 	61-(0)3-9467-3053

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