28.791, Jobs: Applied Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Bilingualism: Post Doc, University of Edinburgh

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Subject: 28.791, Jobs: Applied Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Bilingualism: Post Doc, University of Edinburgh

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Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:32:33
From: Chris Cummins [ccummins at exseed.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Applied Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Bilingualism: Post Doc, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

 
University or Organization: University of Edinburgh 
Department: School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Job Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom 
Web Address: http://www.ed.ac.uk/ppls
Job Title: Research Assistant
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Bilingualism


Description:

A full time post for a postdoctoral Research Assistant with expertise in
experimental linguistics is available in the School of Philosophy, Psychology
and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh. The RA will work with Dr Chris
Cummins and Professor Antonella Sorace on the Leverhulme Trust-funded project
“Bilingualism, Pragmatic Enrichment and Reasoning Biases”. The project uses
linguistic and psychological experiments to investigate the relationships
between language background, pragmatic reasoning, and susceptibility to
specific cognitive biases in reasoning. The RA will be responsible for
important work on designing and conducting the experiments planned for the
project, analysing the data and reporting the findings.

Applications are invited from those with PhD in psychology, cognitive science,
linguistics, or a related discipline, and a strong track record of research
and publication in relevant areas.

This full-time position is 35 hours a week, and is available from the 1st May
2017 for a fixed-term period of 24 months.

Salary: £32,004 - £38,183 per annum.

For full details, please see the application URL below.



Application Deadline: 06-Mar-2017 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://goo.gl/Eq9o4i 
Contact Information:
	Dr Chris Cummins 
	Email: ccummins at exseed.ed.ac.uk 


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