30.2706, Jobs: English; Phonetics: Post Doc, University of Kent

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Subject: 30.2706, Jobs: English; Phonetics: Post Doc, University of Kent

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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:20:15
From: Amalia Arvaniti [a.arvaniti at kent.ac.uk]
Subject: English; Phonetics: Post Doc, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK

 
University or Organization: University of Kent 
Department: English Language and Linguistics, School of European Culture and Languages
Job Location: Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom 
Web Address: https://www.kent.ac.uk/european-culture-languages/english-language-linguistics/
Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Intonation; Prosody

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

Do you have expertise related to experimental research in phonetics and
phonetic modelling? Do you have mathematical, statistical and computational
skills (R, and Praat scripting at a minimum)?

This full-time, fixed term (for 36 months) Postdoctoral Research Associate
position is attached to a European Research Council (ERC) funded Advanced
Grant, titled SPRINT: "Speech Prosody in Interaction: The form and function of
intonation in human communication"  (ERC-ADG-835263) to Professor Amalia
Arvaniti, the Principal Investigator (PI). 

You will be working alongside the PI, other Postdoctoral RA(s), and lab
manager dedicated to the project. SPRINT aims to investigate the phonetics,
phonology and pragmatics of intonation in a number of varieties of English and
Greek, examining both production and perception. This post focuses on
production in English. 

The successful applicant will work on the development, collection, analysis
and modelling of English data, collected in the UK’s South East (mainly
Canterbury) and Bristol. You will be expected to manage and undertake
primarily quantitative research addressing the research questions tackled by
the project, to author research papers on these questions, and to disseminate
project research in seminars, workshops, conferences and public engagement
activities funded by the project. 

As Postdoctoral Research Associate you will:
- Conduct excellent quantitative research on the phonetics of English
intonation, by helping design, and by collecting, analysing and modelling
relevant data in Bristol and Canterbury;
- Contribute to the writing of research papers addressing the project’s
research aims, in collaboration with the PI, other Postdoctoral RA(s), and
senior staff member Dr Chris Cummins (University of Edinburgh);
- Undertake other scholarly activities to promote the project, nationally and
internationally, including presenting the research at conferences and
workshops, and contributing to the promotion of the project in social media
and other online platforms.

To succeed in this role you will have:
- A PhD completed (or very near completion) in Linguistics, Speech and
Hearing, Psychology, Cognitive Science, or a closely related field;
- Native or near-native knowledge of English;
- A meticulous approach to record keeping, data collection and data entry;
- A willingness to travel to Bristol for data collection that may take 4-6
weeks.

If you require further information regarding the position, please contact the
PI, Professor Amalia Arvaniti at the contact information below or check the
application website (see below). If you require information regarding the 
application process please contact The Resourcing Team on jobs at kent.ac.uk
quoting ref number: HUM-021-19.



Application Deadline: 18-Aug-2019 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=HUM-021-19 
Contact Information:
	Professor Amalia Arvaniti 
	Email: a.arvaniti at kent.ac.uk 


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