20.3745, Support: Swahili & Lang Documentation: Open Student, U. of Florida, USA

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Subject: 20.3745, Support: Swahili & Lang Documentation: Open Student, U. of Florida, USA

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Date: 02-Nov-2009
From: Brent Henderson < bhendrsn at ufl.edu >
Subject: Swahili & Language Documentation: Open Student, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
 

	
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Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:16:37
From: Brent Henderson [bhendrsn at ufl.edu]
Subject: Swahili & Language Documentation: Open Student, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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Institution/Organization: University of Florida 
Department: Linguistics 
Web Address: http://www.lin.ufl.edu 

Level: Open 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Language Documentation 
 
Required Language(s): Swahili (swh)

Description:

Funding is available for one linguistics graduate student working on an MA or
PhD in linguistics at the University of Florida for two consecutive years
beginning Fall 2010. 

The position is as a student research assistant on the project 'Documentation of
Chimwiini', funded by the NEH through the NSF/NEH Documenting Endangered
Languages program. It will involve collaborating with the project PI on
transcription of linguistic data (narratives, personal histories), preparing
data for archiving, and assisting in other outcomes of the project. A tuition
waiver as well as a stipend for 20/hr per week are included.

The idea candidate would have an MA in Linguistics with an interest in
documentation, and be a native or near-native speaker of Swahili. However, more
general requirements/ preferences are listed below:

Requirements:
-Background in Linguistics
-Some interest in language documentation/endangered languages
-Knowledge of some Bantu language(s), preferably Swahili or a closely related
language

Other preferences:
-Knowledge of ELAN language archiving software
-Basic web-design knowledge 

Please contact Dr. Brent Henderson for more information about the opportunity or
simply to express your interest.

Applicants must apply through the University of Florida graduate program in
Linguistics. Information can be found at http://www.lin.ufl.edu/ 

Application Deadline: 31-Jan-2009 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Dr. Brent Henderson 
	University of Florida, Linguistics 
	4131 Turlington Hall, PO Box 115454 
	Gainesville FL 32611 
	USA 	
	
Contact Information: 
	Dr. Brent Henderson 
	bhendrsn at ufl.edu  



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