25.1832, Support: Kikongo, Genetic Classification, Historical Linguistics / Belgium

Wed Apr 23 23:31:31 UTC 2014

LINGUIST List: Vol-25-1832. Wed Apr 23 2014. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 25.1832, Support: Kikongo, Genetic Classification, Historical Linguistics / Belgium

Moderators: Damir Cavar, Eastern Michigan U <damir at linguistlist.org>

Reviews: Monica Macaulay, U of Wisconsin Madison
Rajiv Rao, U of Wisconsin Madison
Joseph Salmons, U of Wisconsin Madison
Mateja Schuck, U of Wisconsin Madison
Anja Wanner, U of Wisconsin Madison
       <reviews at linguistlist.org>

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Do you want to donate to LINGUIST without spending an extra penny? Bookmark
the Amazon link for your country below; then use it whenever you buy from
Amazon!

USA: http://www.amazon.com/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlist-20
Britain: http://www.amazon.co.uk/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlist-21
Germany: http://www.amazon.de/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlistd-21
Japan: http://www.amazon.co.jp/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlist-22
Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlistc-20
France: http://www.amazon.fr/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=linguistlistf-21

For more information on the LINGUIST Amazon store please visit our
FAQ at http://linguistlist.org/amazon-faq.cfm.

Editor for this issue: Danuta  Allen <dallen43 at emich.edu>
================================================================  

Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated
from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:
          http://multitree.linguistlist.org/

Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:28:37
From: Koen Bostoen [koen.bostoen at ugent.be]
Subject: Kikongo, Genetic Classification, Historical Linguistics: PhD Student, Ghent University, Belgium

E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=25-1832.html&submissionid=31010720&topicid=12&msgnumber=1
 Institution/Organization: Ghent University 
Department: Languages and Cultures 
Web Address: http://kongoking.org/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work

Specialty Areas: Genetic Classification; Historical Linguistics 
Dialectology, Spatial Analysis 
Required Language(s): Koongo (kng)

                      Narrow Bantu 

Description:

Applications are invited for a two-year PhD scholarship, renewable for another 2 years, beginning October 2014 to work on the Ghent University (UGent) Starting Grant project, a diachronic and spatial analytical approach to linguistic micro-variation in the Kikongo dialect continuum, supervised by Prof. Koen Bostoen at the UGent Department of Languages and Cultures.

Requirements 
The applicant is expected to:
- hold a Master's degree in (African) linguistics or African Languages and Cultures;
- be familiar with Bantu languages and, ideally, with Kikongo; 
- have basic competences in historical-comparative linguistics;
- be familiar with quantitative approaches to linguistic variation or be willing to take an intensive training in dialectometrical and multivariate spatial analytical methods;
- have experience with linguistic fieldwork in Africa and/or be willing to do extensive fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Republic of Congo and/or Angola (including Cabinda);
- have good knowledge of English; good knowledge of French and/or Portuguese is recommended;
- be a dynamic and enthusiastic team player. 

Job Description:
The Ph.D. scholarship recipient will be based at the Africa Section of the Department of Languages and Cultures of the UGent, where he or she will be expected to work in a collegial way with the other members of both the KONGOKING research team and the Department;  

Duties and responsibilities: 
- close collaboration with other PhD-students working on Kikongo and closely related Bantu languages; 
- contributing to the compilation and digitization of the Kikongo language corpus and the Kongo documentation corpus;
- carrying out fieldwork in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Republic of Congo and/or Angola);
- carrying out research in close collaboration with the supervisor and with other members of the KONGOKING research team and spreading research results through publication in international peer-reviewed journals and participation in international scientific conferences. 

How to apply:
Send CV and Statement of Purpose in English to Prof. Dr. Koen Bostoen, koen.bostoen at ugent.be, Department of Languages and Cultures, Rozier 44, 9000 Ghent. Ask also one referee to send a letter of reference before the deadline. 

Application Deadline: 02-Jun-2014 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof. Koen Bostoen 
Rozier 44 
Ghent 9000 
Belgium 

Web Address for Applications: http://kongoking.org/documents/UGent-Vacancy-PhDstudent.pdf 

Contact Information: 
	Prof. Koen Bostoen 
koen.bostoen at ugent.be  

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $75,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year.

See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2014 site!

http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2014/

There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST!

You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm

Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm

For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, PayPal or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/

The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor.

Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program.

Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST!

----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-25-1832	
----------------------------------------------------------
Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated
from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:
          http://multitree.linguistlist.org/