31.2630, Jobs: Deaf Sign Language; British Sign Language; Morphology; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Typology: Post Doc, University of Birmingham

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Subject: 31.2630, Jobs: Deaf Sign Language; British Sign Language; Morphology; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Typology: Post Doc, University of Birmingham

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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:38:57
From: Adam Schembri [a.schembri at bham.ac.uk]
Subject: Deaf Sign Language; British Sign Language; Morphology; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Typology: Post Doc, University of Birmingham, UK

 
University or Organization: University of Birmingham 
Department: English Language and Linguistics
Job Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom 
Web Address: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage/index.aspx
Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SignMorph)
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Morphology; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Typology 

Required Language(s): British Sign Language (bfi)
                      Deaf Sign Language 

Description:

The Department of English Language and Linguistics seeks to appoint a
Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on the ERC-funded project ‘The dynamics
of sign language grammar: Morphology, language change, iconicity and social
structure in signing communities’ (or ‘SignMorph’) led by Dr Adam Schembri.
SignMorph will focus on key aspects of sign language morphology in (1)
established macro-community sign languages, (2) established micro-community
sign languages, and (3) emerging sign languages. SignMorph aims to better
understand similarities and differences in the grammar of sign languages, and
how these are shaped by language-internal and language-external factors. The
factors to be investigated in the study include (1) the role of iconicity in
mapping grammatical meanings onto form, (2) the relatively recent emergence of
sign languages, and how their short history has impacted on the processes
which create grammatical structure, and (3) the sociolinguistic structure of
signing communities.

The main responsibilities involve designing research activities to meet the
objectives of the SignMorph project, collecting research data using a variety
of quantitative and qualitative research methods (ranging from experiments to
ethnographic interviews), annotating, analysing, and interpreting sign
language data, and contributing to the publication of research findings.

The research fellow will have (or be near completing) a PhD in linguistics or
psychology (or related fields), high level research skills, high level skills
in British Sign Language (or another sign language), and demonstrated ability
to work independently. Experience in a range of different approaches to the
study of signed languages is welcome (including sign language documentation,
typology, corpora, sociolinguistics, ethnography, and/or experimental
studies).

Salary range: £30,942-40,322.

For further information about the SignMorph project, please contact Adam
Schembri at the contact information provided below.



Application Deadline: 04-Sep-2020 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://bham.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2000027C&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon 
Contact Information:
	Dr Adam Schembri 
	Email: a.schembri at bham.ac.uk 


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