36.1539, Jobs: English; Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: 2 Postdoctoral Fellows in the History of English Language / Corpus Linguistics, University of Stavanger

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Date: 14-May-2025
From: Merja Stenroos [merja.stenroos at uis.no]
Subject: English; Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: 2 Postdoctoral Fellows in the History of English Language / Corpus Linguistics, University of Stavanger


Job Location: Norway
Web Address: https://www.uis.no/en
Job Title: 2 Postdoctoral Fellows in the History of English Language /
Corpus Linguistics
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus
Linguistics

Specialty Language(s): English (eng)

Other Specialties: Early English and North European history, medieval
English, Celtic and Germanic languages, geography, manuscripts

Description:

The University of Stavanger invites applicants for two positions as
Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of English Language / Corpus
Linguistics at the Faculty of Arts and Education, Department of
Cultural Studies and Languages. The positions are vacant from 1
January 2026. The Fellows will be affiliated with the ERC-funded
project LiTra (Linguistic Traces: low-frequency forms as evidence of
language and population history). The Fellows are employed for a
period of 4 years.
The Postdoctoral Fellow must have a doctoral degree with a
specialisation relevant for the project. The doctoral thesis must have
been submitted for evaluation within the application deadline for the
position and approved before accession.
The two Postdoctoral Fellows will ideally have complementary skill
sets and roles within the project. Fellow 1 should have solid
experience and knowledge within historical corpus linguistics,
together with a high degree of technological competence, including
programming and database skills. They should be able to make informed
decisions in choosing and testing tools for the project, and also to
develop new tools and methodologies as needed. Fellow 2 should have a
solid background in the history of English as well as experience in
working with medieval/early modern manuscript texts, preferably
administrative documents. They will, together with the project leader,
play a central role in preparing and compiling a corpus of medieval
documentary texts.
Both Fellows will in addition carry out a self-contained linguistic
project within the LiTra framework. They should therefore have a good
basis in linguistics, as well as research interests within one or more
areas of the History of English, such as syntax, morphology,
lexicology and/or phonology. Applicants should submit a description of
their proposed research project. The project should contribute to the
main empirical aim of LiTra: to relate geographical variation in
minority forms to earlier language and dialect contact in England.
Please contact project leader Merja Stenroos for a description of the
LiTra project!
The project will be carried out at the University of Stavanger. It is
assumed that the appointees will work full time on the project and
that they will participate in the academic community.

Application Deadline: 09-Jun-2025
Web Address for Applications:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/278950/postdoctoral-fellows-in-the-history-of-english-language-corpus-linguistics
Application Instructions:
Please follow the link given in the job advert to submit your
application digitally via jobbnorge.no
Contact Information:
        Professor Merja Stenroos
        Email: merja.stenroos at uis.no



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