29.740, Jobs: Australian Languages; Language Contact; Language Documentation: Post Doc, University of Queensland

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Subject: 29.740, Jobs: Australian Languages; Language Contact; Language Documentation: Post Doc, University of Queensland

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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 12:58:57
From: Felicity Meakins [f.meakins at uq.edu.au]
Subject: Australian Languages; Language Contact; Language Documentation: Post Doc, University of Queensland, Australia

 
University or Organization: University of Queensland 
Department: Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
Job Location: Brisbane, Australia 
Web Address: http://jobs.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/502926/postdoctoral-research-fellow
Job Title: Postdoctoral research fellow
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Language Documentation; Language Contact

Required Language(s): Australian

Description:

The University of Queensland is advertising for a new three-year postdoctoral
research fellow. The appointee at the University of Queensland will work in
close collaboration with Felicity Meakins on one of the following topics:
 
- Language contact or change in an Australian language  
- Multiregional variation in an Australian language 
- Description of a new Australian contact language 
 
The appointee will also undertake limited teaching – approximately 10% of time
(one course/year), with details subject to negotiation.  
 
The application will involve clear and innovative plan (c. 2 pages) addressing
what the applicant sees as an exciting and unexplored contact language or
language contact/change question involving Australian languages. Any proposal
that expands our knowledge of contact/change in Australian languages through a
combination of fieldwork and other appropriate methods will be considered, and
it may involve fieldwork in any region where Australian language
contact/change is found, so applicants should feel free to make their own
identification of site and question. Proposals will be ranked by the case they
make for the relative importance of this as a vital next step in our
understanding of Australian language contact, as well as the feasibility of
the project within the time frame and resources.



Application Deadline: 14-Mar-2018 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://jobs.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/502926/postdoctoral-research-fellow 
Contact Information:
	Felicity Meakins 
	Email: f.meakins at uq.edu.au 


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