29.2400, Jobs: Sociolinguistics: Post Doc, University of Canterbury

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Subject: 29.2400, Jobs:  Sociolinguistics: Post Doc, University of Canterbury

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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:13:20
From: Ashleigh Hume [ashleigh.hume at hainesattract.co.nz]
Subject: Sociolinguistics: Post Doc, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

 
University or Organization: University of Canterbury 
Department: New Zealand Institute of Language Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB)
Job Location: Christchurch, New Zealand 
Web Address: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/nzilbb/
Job Title: Post-Doctoral Fellow Researcher
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Sociolinguistics 


Description:

Post-Doctoral Fellow Researcher
New Zealand Institute of Language Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB
College of Arts
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Full-time at 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
Fixed-term position (2.5 years)

Towards an improved theory of language change: understanding the covariation
of linguistic variables within and across speakers

NZILBB is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the team of researchers
working on a new project funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden
Fund, “Towards an improved theory of language change: understanding the
covariation of linguistic variables within and across speakers”. Using large
scale corpora (e.g. the Origins of New Zealand English corpus [ONZE), the
project seeks to answers questions such as: 
- How do linguistic variables covary between speakers? That is, do individuals
who constitute a community use a coherent set of linguistic variables? In
cases of language change, can a speaker simultaneously lead the way in one
sound change, but lag in another - or do leaders of sound change tend to lead
the way for all variables simultaneously? 
- How do linguistic variables covary within speakers? Speakers vary in their
realisation of linguistic variables across topics and speech styles, among
other things. Work in this area has concentrated on understanding the social
meaning that a particular pronunciation of a single variable might construct.
When we examine variables in combination, we hypothesize that we will find
that they covary across the course of a conversation, with clusters of
variables showing extreme values at certain times. 
- How do individuals vary with respect to their wider community? To what
extent can individual heterogeneity in apparent group-level patterning be
explained?

Applications are invited from researchers with expertise in sociophonetics and
quantitative approaches to language change.

The successful applicant will have a PhD in linguistics, and expertise in
quantitative variationist sociolinguistics/sociphonetics. Applicants with
strong technical skills (e.g. statistical analysis in R, Praat analysis
including scripting, programming, corpus analysis) will be at an advantage.

The Postdoctoral Fellow will be employed by the New Zealand Institute of
Language Brain and Behaviour, at the University of Canterbury, and will work
primarily with Dr Kevin Watson, Professor Jen Hay and Dr Lynn Clark.

The University of Canterbury is committed to promoting a world-class learning
environment through research and teaching excellence, and has a vision
statement of "People Prepared to Make a Difference". You will have the
opportunity to work alongside members of a diverse academic community and
enrich your own professional and personal development.

For information about the range of benefits in joining UC please visit us
online at: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus

The closing date for this position is: Sunday, 1st July 2018 (midnight NZ
time)

Applications for this position should include a cover letter, resume and any
additional attachments combined into one document and submitted online to the
application link provided below. 

Further information about this role can be obtained by contacting Emma Parnell
at the contact information provided below. 

The University of Canterbury is an EEO employer and actively seeks to meet its
obligation under the Treaty of Waitangi.



Application Deadline: 01-Jul-2018 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://bit.ly/2sx6mMf 
Contact Information:
	Emma Parnell 
	Email: emma.parnell at canterbury.ac.nz 


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