6.1397, Jobs: Second Lang Acquisition, Phonology, Formal Semantics

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-1397. Wed Oct 11 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  130
 
Subject: 6.1397, Jobs: Second Lang Acquisition, Phonology, Formal Semantics
 
Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. <aristar at tam2000.tamu.edu>
            Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at emunix.emich.edu>
 
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Date:  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 10:03:37 EDT
From:  talkasey+ at andrew.cmu.edu ("Tamara S. Al-Kasey")
Subject:  Job posting-SLA at CMU
 
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Date:  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 15:17:07 +0200
From:  ursula at ricarda.fas.ag-berlin.mpg.de (Ursula Kleinhenz)
Subject:  Job: Phonology
 
3)
Date:  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 10:34:23 CDT
From:  green at cogsci.uiuc.edu (Georgia Green)
Subject:  Job announcement
 
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Date:  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 10:03:37 EDT
From:  talkasey+ at andrew.cmu.edu ("Tamara S. Al-Kasey")
Subject:  Job posting-SLA at CMU
 
The Department of Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University invites
applications for two (2) tenure-track positions at the assistant
professor level to begin in the fall of 1996.  These positions are for
specialists in Second Language Acquisition who have a foreign language
specialization and who are interested in helping to build an
interdisciplinary program which focuses on second language acquisition
with emphases on cognitive and social issues.
 
Preference will be given to candidates whose language of specialization
is French, German or Spanish.  Responsibilities will include teaching a
balance of undergraduate and graduate courses in an appropriate area of
specialization, some taught in the foreign language.  Ideal candidates
will have a strong commitment to undergraduate education, research
interests at the graduate level, interdisciplinary interests beyond
their own field of expertise, and enthusiasm for participating in a new
doctoral program in second language acquisition.
 
Requirements:  Ph.D. in a foreign language, second language acquisition,
linguistics (with a specialization such as psycholinguistics or
sociolinguistics), psychology, or anthropology; a strong publication and
research record with potential for outside funding; and evidence of
effective undergraduate teaching.  Applicants should possess native or
near-native fluency in their language of specialization.  Relevant
computer and technological skills an asset.
 
Procedure:  Applicants should send a letter of application indicating
whether they plan to attend ACTFL, MLA, or LSA, a curriculum vitae,
copies of publications (not to be returned), and the names and addresses
of five prospective references to Chair, SLA Search Committee,
Department of Modern Languages, Baker Hall 160, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA  15213-3890.  Deadline is November 15, 1995.
EEO/AA.
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Date:  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 15:17:07 +0200
From:  ursula at ricarda.fas.ag-berlin.mpg.de (Ursula Kleinhenz)
Subject:  Job: Phonology
 
Job announcement
 
a two year half-time research position (doctoral grant) will be available
beginning November 1995 (or later) at the Forschungsschwerpunkt Allgemeine
Sprachwissenschaft (Research Center for General Linguistics) in Berlin. Area
of specialization: phonology/ syntax interface. Candidates must have an M.A.
in Linguistics, or in a related discipline. Please send letter of
application and CV to Dr. T.A. Hall, Forschungsschwerpunkt Allgemeine
Sprachwissenschaft, Jaegerstr. 10/11, 10117 Berlin, Germany. email:
ursula at fas.ag-berlin.mpg.de.
 
 
 
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   Ursula Kleinhenz
   FAS
   Jaegerstr. 10/11
   D - 10117 BERLIN
   phone: +49 - 30 -20192499
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Date:  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 10:34:23 CDT
From:  green at cogsci.uiuc.edu (Georgia Green)
Subject:  Job announcement
 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
POSITION IN FORMAL SEMANTICS
 
The Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
is seeking a specialist in formal semantics for a position to begin August
21, 1996.  This is a full-time tenure-track position at the assistant
professor or junior associate professor level, salary competitive.  The
position is part of an interdisciplinary cognitive science program at the
University of Illinois.  Strong research and teaching interest in formal
semantics of natural language is required, and concomitant interest in
related areas of cognitive science is desirable, including an interest in
relevant computational research and applications.  It is expected that
candidates will have completed the Ph.D. by 21 August 1996.
 
  Send vita, description of research interests, reprints, and at least three
letters of recommendation to:  Professor Elmer H. Antonsen, Head,
Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois, 4088 Foreign Languages
Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana, IL  61801; phone:  (217) 244-3065; fax:
(217) 333-3466; e-mail:  deptling at uiuc.edu.  Although interviews may begin
at any time, applications received by January 31 will be given full
consideration, and no offer of appointment will be made before that date.
 
  The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer.
 
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