foNETiks
A network newsletter for
the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
February 2007
Editors:
Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK.
Gerry Docherty, Newcastle University, UK.
Paul Foulkes, JP French Associates and University of York, UK.
Lisa Lim, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
E-mail address: [log in to unmask]
The foNETiks archive can be found on the WWW at:
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Visit the IPA web page at: <http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html>
YOUR PAPERS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PHONETIC SCIENCES AT
SAARBRUCKEN ARE DUE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH!! Do not let the deadline
slip past. (See Announcements, 6-10 August, 2007).
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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28 February - 2 March 2007. Standard Prosody or Prosody of Linguistic
Standards? Prosodic Variation and Grammar Writing. Workshop of the 29th
Annual Meeting of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS). University of
Siegen, Germany. <http://www.let.ru.nl/gep/jp/dgfs2007/main.html> (8/06)
28 February - 2 March 2007. Phonological Domains: Universals and Deviations.
Phonology Workshop (Arbeitsgruppe 12) at the 29th Annual Meeting of the
German Linguistics Society (DGfS). University of Siegen, Germany.
<http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/home/dgfs2007/index.htm> (8/06)
16-17 March 2007. 2nd Northern Englishes Workshop, University of Edinburgh,
UK. (11/06)
2 April 2007. Speech Prosody in Atypical Populations, University of Reading,
UK. www.rdg.ac.uk/epu/cls_event.htm; (10/06) [URL corrected 11/06]
++9 - 13 April 2007. 3rd International Phonology Seminar, Porto Alegre, Rio
Grande do Sul, Brazil. http://www.pucrs.br/eventos/fonologia/ (2/07)
18-20 May 2007. Experimental Approaches to Optimality Theory, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, USA. http://www.ling.lsa.umich.edu/expot/ (9/06)
22-25 May 2007. NOLISP 2007. An ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Non
Linear Speech Processing. The Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
<http://www.congres.upmc.fr/nolisp2007/Call%20NOLISP%2007.pdf>(04/06)
++24 - 26 May 2007. Manchester Phonology Conference, Manchester, England.
[log in to unmask] http://www.englang.ed.ac.uk/mfm/15mfm.html (2/07)
++7 - 8 June 2007. Segments and Tone, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
[log in to unmask] (2/07)
25- 26 June 2007. Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia 2007
<http://www2.ilch.uminho.pt/eventos/PaPI2007/> (PaPI 2007). University of
Minho, Braga, Portugal. <http://www2.ilch.uminho.pt/eventos/PaPI2007/>;
(12/06)
27-28 June 2007. Schwa(s) - 5th Journées d'Études Linguistiques
(JEL'2007). Nantes, France.
<http://www.lettres.univ-nantes.fr/lling/jel2007/> (11/06)
8-13 July 2007. Prosody and Pragmatics in Spoken Language corpora. Gothenburg,
Sweden.<http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~ndehe/IPrA2007/hauptseite.html> (11/06)
++12 - 14 July 2007. From Oral Corpora to Phonological Theories: The Case of
French, London, Ontario, Canada <http://ling.uwo.ca/PFC2007> (2/07)
2-3 August 2007. ParaLing'07: International workshop on "Paralinguistic speech
- between models and data". Saarbrucken, Germany. http://www.dfki.de/
paraling07 (1/07)
2-4 August 2007. Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech International Workshop
(DiSS'07). Edinburgh, UK. <http://www.disfluency.org> (8/06)
3 - 4 August, 2007. Phonetics and Phonology in Third Language Acquisition,
Freiburg, Germany. <http://www.phonetik.uni-freiburg.de/L3phonology> (1/07)
4 August, 2007. Speaker Age. Saarbrucken, Germany.
http://w5/cs/uni-sb.de/%7Ecmueller/sa/ (1/07)
5 August 2007. Interdisciplinary Workshop on The Phonetics of Laughter,
Saarbrucken, Germany.<http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/conf/laughter-07> (11/06)
6-10 August 2007. 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS2007).
Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany.
<http://www.icphs2007.de> (4/06, 8/06, 1/07, 2/07))
22-24 August 2007. SSW-6: 6th ISCA Speech Synthesis Research Workshop
Bonn, Germany. (9/06)
++24-26 August, 2007. Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference, London,
England. [log in to unmask] (2/07)
27-31 August 2007. Interspeech 2007. Antwerp, Belgium.
<www.interspeech2007.org> (8/06)
31 August - 3 September 2007. International Conference on Auditory-Visual
Speech Processing (AVSP 2007), Hilvarenbeek (The Netherlands)
http://foap.uvt.nl/avsp2007 (1/07)
8 - 10 October 2007. Phonetics Today 2007. Moscow, Russia.
http://phoneticstoday.ruslang.ru/en/ (1/07)
6-9 May 2008. Speech Prosody 2008. Campinas, Brazil.
[log in to unmask] (12/06)
22-26 September 2008. Interspeech 2008. Brisbane, Australia.
<http://www.interspeech2008.org/> (9/06)
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CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
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3rd International Phonology Seminar
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9-Apr-2007 - 13-Apr-2007
Contact:Leda Bisol
http://www.pucrs.br/eventos/fonologia/
The III International Phonology Seminar will take place in Porto Alegre, at
PUCRS, from April 09 to 13, 2007. The main goal of the seminar is to
provide scholars/ researchers from Brazil and around the world with a
venue to discuss aspects of phonology issues, addressing in particular
Portuguese Phonology, Indian Language Phonology, Romance Language
Phonology, Historical Linguistics, Variation Theory and Acquisition.
There will be courses, conferences, round-tables and papers
presentation. Teachers, researchers and students from Brazil and other
countries are invited.
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Manchester Phonology Meeting, May 24, 2007.
We are pleased to announce our Fifteenth Manchester Phonology Meeting
(15mfm). The mfm is the UK's annual phonology conference, with an
international set of organisers; it is held in late May every year in
Manchester. The meeting has become a key conference for phonologists
from all corners of the world, where anyone who declares themselves to
be interested in phonology can submit an abstract on anything
phonological in any phonological framework. In an informal atmosphere,
we discuss a wide range of topics, including the phonological
description of a wide variety of languages, issues in phonological
theory, aspects of phonological acquisition and implications of
phonological change.
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SPECIAL SESSION
There is no conference theme - abstracts can be submitted on anything,
but, following the success of such sessions in previous years, a
special themed session has been organised, entitled 'Where is
allomorphy?' This will feature invited speakers and conclude in an
open discussion session when contributions from the audience will be
very welcome. Abstracts which attempt to deal overtly with the issues
involved with this (from any perspective) are certainly welcome.
SPECIAL SESSION SPEAKERS (in alphabetical order)
* Ricardo Bermudez-Otero (University of Manchester)
* Mirjam Ernestus (Radboud Univeristy & Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen)
* John McCarthy (University of Massachusetts)
* Glyne Piggott (McGill University)>
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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
**This is a summary - please consult the website for full details**
www.englang.ed.ac.uk/mfm/15mfm.html
* There is no obligatory conference theme - abstracts can be submitted
on anything. Abstracts should be sent to Patrick Honeybone as
attachments to an email ([log in to unmask]) by 1st March 2007.
* Abstracts should be no longer than one side of A4, with 2.5cm or one
inch margins, single-spaced, with a font size no smaller than 12, and
with normal character spacing.
* Please send two copies of your abstract - one of these should be
anonymous and one should include your name, affiliation and email
address at the top of the page, directly below the title. All
abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by members of the organising
committee and advisory board.
* Please use one of these formats for your abstract: pdf, Word, or
plain text. If you need to use a phonetic font in your abstract,
either embed it in a pdf file, or use the Doulos SIL font
* Full papers will last around 25 minutes with around 5 minutes for
questions, and there will be a high-profile poster session lasting one
and a half hours. Please indicate whether you would prefer to present
your work as an oral paper or a poster, or whether you would be
prepared to present it in either form.
* If you need technical equipment for your talk, please say so in the
message accompanying your abstract and we will do our best to provide
it, although this cannot be guaranteed.
* We aim to finalise the programme, and to contact abstract-senders by
around 31st March.
**Further important details** concerning abstract submission are
available on the conference website - please make sure that you
consult these before submitting an abstract:
www.englang.ed.ac.uk/mfm/15mfm.html
If you would like to attend or if you have any queries about the conference,
please feel free to get in touch with me ([log in to unmask], or
phone +44 (0)131 651 1838).
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Segments and Tone
Amsterdam, Netherlands
07-Jun-2007 - 08-Jun-2007
Call Deadline: 10-Mar-2007
Meeting Description:
'Segments and tone' is a two-day workshop on the relations between
segmental structure and tonal phenomena, both from a synchronic and from a
diachronic, and both from a phonetic and from a phonological perspective.
Tone features are commonly assigned to prosodic levels such as moras or
syllables to account for their autosegmental behavior (in spreading, for
instance). But this does not bar them from interacting with segmental
properties of at least three types:
- laryngeal features: prevocalic voiced consonants may induce a low tone or
block a high tone, postvocalic glottalization/aspiration may induce rising
or falling tones;
- sonority: tones may only occur on consonants that are sufficiently
sonorous;
- vowel height: high vowels have a phonetic preference for higher tone.
These phenomena still raise many theoretical amd empirical questions, for
instance: Why is the phonetic effect of vowel height on fundamental
frequency (almost?) never phonologized even though it is at least as large
as that of obstruent voicing, which does give rise to tone contrasts? What
is the reason for the asymmetrical influence of laryngeal configurations on
tone (pre- vs. postvocalic)? Do segmental and tonal features interact
directly or rather indirectly, mediated by syllable and/or foot structure
(as claimed for the interaction between vowel height and tone in Fuzhou,
for instance) or other prosodic properties (e.g., register distinctions as
a medial diachronic step between the loss of obstruent voicing and
tonogenesis in many Southeast Asian languages)? Finally, how do we deal
with exceptions to the tendencies mentioned above, e.g. languages like U
(Mon-Khmer) or Central and Low Franconian (Germanic), in which vowel height
and postvocalic voicing distinctions do play a role in tonogenesis?
We organize a two-day workshop, addressing issues like these, and any
related issues concerning the phonological or phonetic interaction between
the internal structure of consonants and vowels on the one hand and tone on
the other.
Speakers will have the opportunity to present a 45 minute talk, followed by
15 minutes discussion.
Abstracts (1 page, PDF format) are to be submitted before March 8, 2007 to
[log in to unmask] Notification of acceptance: March 22,
2007.
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From Oral Corpora to Phonological Theories: The Case of French
<http://ling.uwo.ca/PFC2007>
Journees PFC 2007
London, ON, Canada
12-Jul-2007 - 14-Jul-2007
Location: The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Organizers: Frangois Poiri and Stephanie Kelly
Invited Speakers :
Professor Henrietta Jonas-Cedergren, Universiti du Quibec ` Montrial
Professor Anthony Lodge, University of St-Andrews
The Department of French Studies, University of Western Ontario and the
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Lab (TALL) are pleased to host the
international conference From oral corpora to phonological theories: the
case of French. The primary objective of this conference is to explore
the contribution of corpus research (spontaneous speech, monitored speech)
to the advancement of contemporary phonological theories. Contributions on
issues of French in contact with other languages are welcome as are any
proposals on the phonetic description of French. This conference is part
of the ongoing research activities of the international research project
Phonologie du francais contemporain (PFC).
We invite all those interested to submit a proposal of 100-150 words (for
an oral presentation of 20 minutes in length followed by a 10 minute question
period) before October 15th 2006 to the following address: fpoireuwo.ca
Please use the title 'PFC submission' in the subject line of your message.
Submissions in Word or PDF format should include the title and abstract and
in a separate document include the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the
author(s). Notification of acceptance will be sent by November 15 2006.
Presentations in French or in English are welcome.
A preliminary program as well as information on getting to London will be
posted very soon on the conference website:
http://ling.uwo.ca/PFC2007
Though this conference does not have registration fees, in order to help us
organize a better conference, we would ask that all interested parties
please let us know of your intention to participate or attend by sending a
message indicating your intention to fpoireuwo.ca .
For more information on the PFC project: http://www.projet-pfc.net/
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3rd International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology
IWoBA III
27-29 July 2007
Leiden University, The Netherlands
http://www.accentology.leidenuniv.nl
Call deadline: 15 March 2007
Submissions are invited for papers that discuss issues in comparative and
historical Balto-Slavic accentology, including the prehistory and history
of separate Baltic and Slavic languages, as well as synchronic and dialectal
issues that have to do with accentology. Talks will last 20 minutes, followed
by 10 minutes of discussion.
Those wishing to offer a paper are kindly requested to submit the registration
form electronically to [log in to unmask], to arrive no later than
15 March 2007. The registration form can be filled out here. Notification
will follow at the end of March 2007.
A small registration fee, to include refreshments during the workshop and
a book of abstracts, will be charged.
Directly following the Workshop, the Leiden Summer Schools in Indo-European
and in Russian will be held from 30 July till 10 August. For more information
visit the website http://www.letteren.leidenuniv.nl/summerschools.
Organizer: Tijmen Pronk
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel.: +31-71-5272203
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Phonetics Teaching & Learning Conference 2007
PTCL2007
London, United Kingdom
24-Aug-2007 - 26-Aug-2007
John Maidment ([log in to unmask])
PTLC2007 is concerned with the teaching and learning of phonetics in all
its guises. This year's meeting is jointly organised by UCL, the University
of Westminster, and the Subject Centre for Language, Linguistics and Area
Studies. It will take place from midday Friday 24th August 2007 to early
evening Sunday 26th August 2007at UCL.
More information to come.
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JOBS/FELLOWSHIPS AND THE LIKE
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Head, Speech Research Lab | Research Associate Professor
duPont Hospital for Children | Computer and Info Sciences/ Linguistics
Voice: 1+302+651-6835 | University of Delaware
Fax: 1+302+651-6895 | URL: www.asel.udel.edu/speech/
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Postdoctoral Fellow -- Speech Synthesis
The Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE has an
immediate opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Speech Synthesis in the
Speech Research Laboratory, within the Department of Biomedical
Research. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Computer Science,
Linguistics, Psychology, or a related field, demonstrated experience in
data-based speech synthesis techniques, and an interest in modeling
prosody, particularly intonation, in speech synthesis systems. The
primary responsibilities for this position include: Developing a model
for intonation that can be trained on and capture the important
talker-specific features of an individual's speech while also
representing phonologically motivated f0 characteristics; implementing
the intonation model for the ModelTalker TTS system; and assisting in
the creation of unit concatenation voices for the ModelTalker TTS
system. A Ph.D. in Linguistics, Computer Science, Psychology, or closely
related field with demonstrated knowledge of and experience in
concatenative speech synthesis techniques, speech analysis techniques,
and acoustic phonetics is required. Computer programming experience
with C or C++, knowledge of additional languages is a plus. Experience
with Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems is essential.
This is a two-year grant-funded position. For more information, email
[log in to unmask] or call at (302) 651-6835. Applicants may also
post their resume on-line at www.nemours.org or send resume with salary
requirements to Dr. Timothy Bunnell, Department of Biomedical Research,
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, P.O. Box 269, Wilmington, DE 19899.
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Research Assistant/Research Associate, School of Education,
Communication and Language Sciences, £22,111 - £24,161 per annum
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/vacancies/vacancy.phtml?ref=B1688R
Based in the School of Education, Communication and Language
Sciences you will work on the ESRC-funded project "Phonological
Acquisition in Multilingual Settings: the case of Lebanese
Arabic" under the supervision of the Principal Investigator Dr
Ghada Khattab. You will be based in Lebanon during the fieldwork
phase of the project (between 12 - 18 months).
You should ideally possess a Masters or a PhD in Linguistics,
Speech Science or a related discipline and a strong interest in
research, however applications from candidates with a degree in
Speech & Language Therapy will also be considered. You will have
good time management and organisational skills, good English
language and IT skills, excellent communication skills and
knowledge of linguistics. You will be a good team player, able to
contribute to the team working on the project. A background in
phonetics/phonology, language acquisition or Arabic linguistics
is desirable. Post-holders must possess a near native proficiency
in Arabic.
The post is offered as a full-time appointment for 3 years,
although 50% part time applicants will also be considered.
Part-time post-holders will have the opportunity to pursue a PhD
at the University of Newcastle on a topic related to the grant.
Candidates interested in pursuing a PhD in language development
of Arabic in Arabic-English monolingual and bilingual children
are especially encouraged to apply.
Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Dr Ghada Khattab,
e-mail [log in to unmask], tel: +44-191-222 6583
Post commences: 1 July 2007
Closing Date: 1 March 2007
Reference no: B1688R
To apply for this position please send your covering letter, CV
and Employment Record Form to Dr G Khattab, Newcastle University,
School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, King
George VI Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU.
Further details about the vacancy and further particulars can be
found here: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/vacancies/vacancy.phtml?ref=B1688R
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Lectureship in Forensic Speech Science, University of York, UK
Department of Language & Linguistic Science
Vacancy reference: AA0706
A post is available within the Department of Language and Linguistic Science
for a Lectureship in Forensic Speech Science.
Applicants should have a strong commitment to research and a solid
background in modern linguistic theory. Applicants must be active in
research in any area of Speech Science / Phonetics / Sociolinguistics /
Language Variation and Change. Preference may be given to applicants having
demonstrable interest in forensic applications of speech science at the
theoretical, experimental and/or practical casework level. Applicants must
have a PhD at the time of appointment, and must be able to contribute to the
new MSc in Forensic Speech Science, as well as more generally to the
department~Rs teaching in Phonetics and/or Sociolinguistics / Language
Variation and Change at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Applicants should be able to publish in leading international journals,
raise external research funds and supervise research students.
Informal enquiries about this post may be made to the Head of Department,
Professor Susan Pintzuk ([log in to unmask]). Further information about the
Department can be found at http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/lang/.
Salary will be in the range 31,525 - 38,772 pounds sterling per annum.
Closing date for applications: 12 noon on 06 February 2007. For further
details and application procedures, see
http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/mis/cfm/vacancies/vac_result.cfm
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Professor Peter French
JP French Associates
Forensic Speech and Acoustics Laboratory
86 The Mount
York YO24 1AR
United Kingdom
Tel +44 (1)904 634821
Fax +44 (1)904 634626
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Research Position in Forensic Speaker Recognition
A research position will shortly become available at the Australian National
University in Canberra working with Phil Rose in a large Australian Research
Council-funded project on Forensic Speaker Recognition. The project is called
"CATCHING CRIMINALS BY THEIR VOICE: COMBINING AUTOMATIC AND TRADITIONAL
METHODS FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE IN FORENSIC SPEAKER RECOGNITION". Its aim is
to combine and test Traditional and Automatic Methods of Forensic Speaker
Recognition within a Bayesian (i.e. likelihood ratio-based) approach. The
position is for one year in the first instance, extending to three in all.
Salary is $74,000 (Aus.) increasing to $80,000 Relocation is not funded.
The researcher will be responsible for quantifying traditional speech
acoustics, especially vocalic F-pattern, from the natural speech of a
large number of male speakers. So first and foremost they will need to
have experience in measuring formants digitally, (using e.g. Praat),
ideally from natural speech. This implies a good understanding of the
relationship between percept and acoustics. They will need to have a solid
background (e.g. PhD) in Phonetics, with demonstrated transcription ability,
since forensic features are also auditory. A good background in Linguistics,
especially Classical Phonemics and intonational phonology (AM theory), will
also be a help, because speakers differ in their phonemic structure. Native
competence in English is necessary, since work will be with naturally spoken
Australian English telephone conversations. Some familiarity with automatic
parameters, e.g. the cepstrum, would also be useful.
The researcher will also be involved in the further processing of the data
with multivariate likelihood ratio-based discrimination. So ability to
program in relevant software (e.g. R, Matlab) will be useful, as will a
basic knowledge of statistics. Familiarity with Bayesian methods, likelihood
ratios etc. is useful but not necessary: that will be acquired as the job
progresses.
Please have a look first at the kind of work involved. You can get an idea
from:
Rose (2006) The Intrinsic Forensic Discriminatory Power of Diphthongs.
Rose, Kinoshita, Alderman (2006) Realistic Extrinsic Forensic Speaker
Recognition with the Diphthong /ai/.
both are downloadable from:
http://www.assta.org/sst/2006/papers.php?first_letter=R
or:
Rose (2006) Technical Forensic Speaker Recognition: Evaluation, types and
testing of evidence. Computer Speech and Language Special Issue 20:
159 – 191. [This is already methodologically a little out of date.]
A good summary of state of the art in Forensic Automatic Speaker Recognition
is:
Gonzalez-Rodriguez et al. (2006) Robust estimation, interpretation and
assessment of likelihood ratios in forensic speaker recognition. Computer
Speech and Language Special Issue 20: 331-355.
This is an excellent opportunity to learn how to do forensic speaker
recognition, and how to evaluate evidence properly. The researcher will
also gain insight into automatic methods of Forensic Speaker Recognition.
There will also be publication opportunities.
Expressions of interest and enquiries, by end of Feb. 07 please, to Dr
Rose at [log in to unmask]
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Lectureship in Linguistics, University of York, England
Ref: AA0748
A post is available within the Department of Language and Linguistic
Science for a Lecturer in Linguistics, starting October 1, 2007. Applicants
must have a solid background in modern linguistic theory, and must be
active in research in Phonology or Formal Semantics or related areas. We
intend to appoint a scholar whose research and teaching will complement and
interface with the existing strengths and needs of the Department in
interesting ways, who can create links within and outside the Department
and the University, and who will create momentum for the expansion of the
Department.
Applicants must have a PhD in Linguistics by 1 October 2007 and be able to
contribute to the Department's teaching in Semantics or Phonology at both
the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Applicants will be expected to
publish in leading international journals, raise external research funds,
and attract and supervise research students.
Informal enquiries about this post may be made to the Head of Department,
Professor Susan Pintzuk ([log in to unmask]). Further information about the
Department can be found at http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/lang/.
Salary will be in the range 31,840 - 39,160 pounds sterling per annum.
Closing date for applications: 12.00 noon on Tuesday 20 February 2007. For
further particulars and details of how to apply, please see our website at:
http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/persnl/jobs/ or write to the Personnel Office,
University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, quoting reference number
AA0748.
The University of York is committed to diversity and has policies and
developmental programmes in place to promote equality of opportunity.
*Application Address:* The Personnel Office
University of York
Heslington, York YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
*Application URL:*
http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/mis/cfm/vacancies/vac_result.cfm
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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
The UCLA Department of Linguistics will have a short-term Visiting
Instructor position in Phonology during the Spring 2007 quarter of the
current academic year. The course to be taught is Linguistics 165A, which
is the second quarter of the department's two-quarter undergraduate
sequence in phonology. Enrollment is normally about 30-40.
Spring quarter officially begins on March 28, with classes beginning on
Monday April 2; classes end during the week of June 4, and after an exam
period the quarter officially ends on June 15. Classes meet for two 2-hour
lectures per week, either Monday-Wednesday or Tuesday-Thursday. A teaching
assistant conducts weekly sections in addition to these lectures.
The pay scale will be in the range of $7500-$9500 per course, depending on
rank. (Although these visiting positions are not restricted as to rank,
budgetary considerations may restrict our ability to hire at higher salary
levels.) Visiting instructors should have a Ph.D. and appropriate teaching
experience.
UCLA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Women and
minority candidates are encouraged to apply.
Applicants should send to the address below a letter of application, a CV,
a statement of previous teaching experience, teaching evaluations if
available, one or two sample publications, and the names and contact
information for three recommenders. Applicants who have already applied
for the department's one-year position in phonology for 2007-2008 need only
request that their applications be considered for the Spring 2007 position
as well. Letters of recommendation should NOT be sent at this time;
likewise, do not send more than two publications. Applications may be sent
electronically or by mail, and should be received by Feb. 16 if at all
possible. Late applications will also be considered as long as the position
remains unfilled.
Email application to: [log in to unmask]
Professor Bruce Hayes
UCLA Dept of Linguistics
405 Hilgard Avenue, 3125 Campbell Hall
Los Angeles CA 90095-1543
USA
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Haskins Laboratories, a private, non-profit research institute in New
Haven, CT, devoted to the science of the spoken and written word, is
searching for a President and Director of Research. The successful
candidate should have a PhD in a field related to the research of the
Laboratories, experience in extramurally funded research, and be suitable
for affiliated academic appointments. Applicants should send a cover
letter, CV, three relevant publications, and a list of three potential
references by March 1, 2007. Please do not send letters of reference until
requested.
Haskins Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Applications should be sent to:
Presidential Search Committee
Haskins Laboratories
300 George Street, Suite 900
New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
*Application Address:* Tammy Ursini , Presidential Search Committee
Haskins Laboratories
300 George Street
Suite 900
New Haven CT 06511
USA
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The Department of Foreign Languages, National Chiayi University, Chiayi,
Taiwan has a tenure-track opening at the rank of assistant professor or
above in the field of linguistics (preferably phonology and/or phonetics),
available from August 1st, 2007.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree prior to the appointment.
The duties of this position include:
(1) Instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels in a variety
ofareas related to phonology, phonetics, English pronunciation, and general
English courses. Active involvement in the business and activities of the
Department and in research.
(2) The minimal hours for an assistant professor is 10 hours a week, with
at most 4 extra hours if the course load of the Department requires.
Please send a complete dossier (including a CV, three letters of
recommendation, an official academic transcript, a copy of diploma which
must be certified by Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in your area, a
copy of dissertation and a syllabus of phonology or phonetics) to the
address below. Please specify "job application" on the envelop.
For further questions, please email [log in to unmask] or call:
+886-5-2263411 Ext. 2151 for Ms. Elicia Lee.
*Application Address:* Su-Chiao Chen , Prof. and Chair
85 Wenlong Minghsiung
Department of Foreign Languages
National Chiayi University
Chiayi County 621
Taiwan
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The deadline for the next foNETiks is February 28th
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