36.3726, Jobs: Western Nilotic; Mabaan; Language Documentation, Morphology, Phonology, Syntax: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Edinburgh

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Subject: 36.3726, Jobs: Western Nilotic; Mabaan; Language Documentation, Morphology, Phonology, Syntax: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Edinburgh

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Date: 03-Dec-2025
From: Bert Remijsen [b.remijsen at ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Western Nilotic; Mabaan; Language Documentation, Morphology, Phonology, Syntax: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Edinburgh


Job Location: United Kingdom
Web Address: https://ppls.ed.ac.uk/linguistics-and-english-language
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher
Job Rank: Post Doc

Minimum Education: PhD

Specialty Areas: Language Documentation; Morphology; Phonology; Syntax

Specialty Language(s): Mabaan (mfz)
                       Western Nilotic

Other Specialties: Phonetics; Linguistic fieldwork, Linguistic theory
and typology
Description:
The University of Edinburgh is advertising a postdoc position (fixed
term) for a linguist with specialist expertise in descriptive
linguistics, linguistic fieldwork, and language documentation, to work
in the Description team within the wider ERC Synergy project
NILOMORPH. The position starts March 1st, 2026, and runs for 5 years
and 4 months. The research focus is on the Burun languages, a group of
languages within West Nilotic, and hence the position involves
fieldwork research in East Africa.
Here is a link:
https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/13464
Note that the full set of Essential and Desirable attributes only
appears after you click through to the full job description.

Application Deadline: 17-Dec-2025
Web Address for Applications:
https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/13464
Contact Information:
        Bert Remijsen
        Email: b.remijsen at ed.ac.uk



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