27.792, Jobs: Bulgarian; English; Phonology: Annotator, University of Edinburgh

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Subject: 27.792, Jobs: Bulgarian; English; Phonology: Annotator, University of Edinburgh

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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:49:41
From: Katya Saint-Amand [Katya.Saint-Amand at ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Bulgarian; English; Phonology: Annotator, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

 
University or Organization: University of Edinburgh 
Department: School of Informatics
Job Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Telecommute)
Job Title: Intonation and/or Information Structure Annotation
Job Rank: Annotator; Consultant; Rank Open; Researcher

Specialty Areas: Phonology 

Required Language(s): Bulgarian (bul)
                      English (eng) 

Description:

Short-term Contract for Intonation and/or Information Structure Annotation

An EPSRC-funded project, investigating face-to-face dialogue from a
cross-linguistic perspective, is looking for annotators for information
structure and/or intonation for English and Bulgarian.

The annotation will be performed in Praat. The data to be annotated consists
of 1 hour recording of dialogue between 2 people (per language).

Preferred skills:

- Native level proficiency of Bulgarian or English
- Prior training in the ToBI annotation system (pitch accents and prosodic
phrase boundaries)
- In-depth knowledge of different information structure phenomena
- Experience using Praat
- Minimum commitment of 10-20hrs/week for the next 1-2 months, to start as
soon as possible.

Please note that only annotators that have the right to work in the UK will be
considered. This means that you do not necessarily have to be physically
present in the UK, but you have to be eligible to work in the UK (British and
Bulgarian nationals are generally OK but please consult the Home Office
website for confirmation). You will be asked to submit evidence.

The payment will be per hour of work based on University pay scale 5. 

If interested, please send a mail to Katya Saint-Amand (email below) with the
subject line [ Language: Intonation & InfStr Annotation ] where Language is
either English or Bulgarian. Please include the following information:

- The type of annotation work you would like to do: information structure,
intonation or both
- Your experience annotating corpora (if any)
- Your experience in annotation systems 
- Your current availability of hours per week



Application Deadline: 01-May-2016 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: Katya.Saint-Amand at ed.ac.uk 
Contact Information:
	Katya Saint-Amand 
	Email: Katya.Saint-Amand at ed.ac.uk 


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