15.3218, Jobs: Hungarian/Syntax: Post Doc, U of Edinburgh

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Date: 16-Nov-2004
From: Daniel Wedgwood < dan at ling.ed.ac.uk >
Subject: Hungarian & Syntax: Post Doc, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 
 

	
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:38:52
From: Daniel Wedgwood < dan at ling.ed.ac.uk >
Subject: Hungarian & Syntax: Post Doc, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 
 

University or Organization: University of Edinburgh 
Department: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics   
Job Rank: Post Doc  
Specialty Areas: Syntax
Required Language: Hungarian


Description:

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Syntax (full-time, fixed term) 
Salary Scale:  £19,460 - £21,640 p.a.  Grade ARIB
Vacancy Reference: 3003208 

The School of Philosophy Psychology and Language Sciences (Theoretical and
Applied Linguistics) is seeking to hire a Research Associate to work on a
one year ESRC funded project. The project requires the RA to create a
corpus of Hungarian sentences, translated into English, with relevance for
the study of information structure (topic/focus). The RA will also be
involved in the initial analysis of the data and be engaged in writing up
and presenting the results of the research.   

The successful applicant will have some knowledge of Hungarian and some
experience in describing syntactic data, ideally with an open-minded
attitude to theoretical approaches to syntactic analysis. S/he will also
have completed, or be about to complete, a PhD in theoretical syntax,
semantics or pragmatics.   

Principal duties: 
The Research Associate will be responsible for
- Creating a database of Hungarian sentences illustrating the focus position with   
   their closest English translations. 
- Working with the Principal Investigators to provide theoretical analyses
  of these data. (These analyses will be couched within the framework of
  Dynamic Syntax, but prior knowledge of that framework is not necessary.) 
- Assessing the validity of existing analyses of these data and the
  theoretical claims made about them.  

Applications may be made online or by post. For online applications, please
follow the application procedure at www.jobs.ed.ac.uk

For postal application, please complete and return three copies of the
application form (including, if possible, email addresses for your
referees) to the address below. Email: PPLSAppointments at ed.ac.uk  

Further particulars, including details of the application procedure can be
obtained at (www.jobs.ed.ac.uk) or from Human Resources, University of
Edinburgh, Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1HS,
Scotland, UK; or Tel. 0131 650 2511 (24 hour answering service). 

Please quote reference no: 3003208


Address for Applications:

Ms Shirley Cairns 
School of Philosophy, Psychology &  Language Sciences
7 George Square 
Edinburgh EH8 9JZ 
Scotland, United Kingdom  

Application Deadline: 15-Dec-2004 

Contact Information:

Dr Ronnie Cann 
Email: R.Cann at ed.ac.uk 
Phone: 0131 651 1839 
Fax: 0131 650 3962 
Website: http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/

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