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foNETiks
A newsletter for
The International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
November 2015
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Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK
Lisa Lim, The University of Hong Kong
Rachel Smith, University of Glasgow, UK
Radek Œwiêciñski, University of Amsterdam
E-mail address: fonetiks-request at jiscmail.ac.uk
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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20-21 November 2015. 2015 International Conference on Speech Sciences (ICSS 2015). Seoul, South Korea. http://ksss.jams.or.kr (02/15)
26-27 November 2015. 3rd International Workshop on Phonotactics and Phonotactic Modeling (PPM 2015). Vienna, Austria. http://w3.erss.univ-tlse2.fr/ppm2015/ (06/15)
30 November – 1 December 2015. Methods in L2 Prosody 2015 - Romance Languages and Chinese at the Crossroads (ML2P-2015). Napoli, Italy. http://www.gscp.it (09/15)
3-4 December 2015. 2nd Edinburgh Symposium on Historical Phonology. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/symposium-on-historical-phonology (09/15)
3-5 December 2015. 9th Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English (ACCENTS 2015). £ódŸ, Poland. http://filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents/ (06/15)
8-10 December 2015. Ultrafest VII. Hong Kong. http://www.ultrafest2015.hku.hk/ (04/15)
10-11 December 2015. Workshop on Individual differences in language processing across the adult life span: Implications for models of comprehension and production. Max Planck institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. (09/15)
18-19 December 2015. 3rd St. Petersburg Winter Workshop on Experimental Studies of Speech and Language. St Petersburg, Russia. https://nightwhites2015.wordpress.com (09/15)
7-8 January 2016. Workshop on Tone and Intonation 3. Guwahati, Assam, India. http://www.iitg.ernet.in/wti3 (06/15)
9 January 2016. Speech Processing in Realistic Environments (SPIRE). Groningen, The Netherlands. http://spin2016.nl and http://inspire-itn.eu/index.php/inspire-events/workshop-spin2016 (09/15)
13 January 2016. Workshop on Variation in Phonology. Workshop of OCP13 (see item below). Budapest, Hungary. http://seas3.elte.hu/ocp13/variation.html (05/15)
13-16 January 2016. 13th Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP13). Budapest, Hungary. http://seas3.elte.hu/ocp13 (05/15)
4 March 2016. Third Workshop on Sound Change. Salamanca, Spain. http://diarium.usal.es/fsmiret/3rd-workshop-on-sound-change-salamanca-march-4th-2016/ (03/15)
22-23 March 2016. Prosody and Information Structure in Stuttgart (PINS). Stuttgart, Germany. http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/events/PINS.html (09/15)
31 March - 2 April 2016. Sociolinguistic Variation and Language Processing (SVALP). Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. http://www.cpe.vt.edu/svalp/ (04/15)
1-2 April 2016. Sound to Word in Bilingual and Second Language Speech Perception. Iowa City, Iowa, USA. http://www.soundtoword16.org/ (09/15)
##1-2 April 2016. 18th Conference on Spoken English at Villetaneuse. Paris 13 University: pierre.fournier AT univ-paris13.fr
(pre-conference workshop at Paris Diderot on March 31 http://pre-conf-aloes-2016.clillac-arp.univ-paris-diderot.fr) (11/9)
8 April 2016. Workshop on Syntactic and Phonological Representation of Speech Acts. Göttingen, Germany. https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/glow-2016---39th-generative-linguistics-in-the-old-world/510338.html
15-17 April 2016. Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology (CASPSLaP 2016). Columbus, Ohio, USA. http://u.osu.edu/caspslaposu2016/ (06/15)
##18-20 May 2016. 'r-atics 5, The Fifth International Workshop on Phonetic, Phonological, Acquisitional, Sociolinguistic and Dialect-Geographic Aspects of Rhotics. Leeuwarden / Ljouwert, Netherlands: r-atics5 AT fryske-akademy.nl http://www.fryske-akademy.nl/r-atics5 (11/15)
24-27 May 2016. 5th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2016). Buffalo, NY, USA. https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/tal2016/ (09/15)
##24-28 May 2016. International Colloquium Amazonicas VI: Phonology & Syntax, Universidad Nacional de Colombia at Leticia: valenzuela AT chapman.edu (11/15)
31 May – 3 June 2016. Speech Prosody 2016. Boston, MA, USA. http://www.speechprosody2016.org, speechprosody2016 AT gmail.com (09/15)
##Special Sessions URL: http://sites.bu.edu/speechprosody2016/: (11/15)
10-12 June 2016. New Sounds 2016: 8th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech. Aarhus, Denmark. http://conferences.au.dk/newsounds2016/ (09/15)
15-18 June 2016. International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference. Halifax, Canada. http://icpla2016.ca (07/15)
13-16 July 2016. 15th Conference on Laboratory Phonology. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. http://labphon.org/labphon15 (03/15)
18-23 July 2016. International Congress of Romance Linguistics and Philology Rome, Italy. http://www.CILFR2016Roma.it (07/15)
1-3 September 2016. 7th Tone and Intonation in Europe (TIE2016). Canterbury, Kent.http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/tie-conference/ (10/15)
21-24 September 2016. Experimental Approaches to the Perception and Production of Language Variation, Vienna. https://exapp2016.univie.ac.at/ (07/15).
28-30 October 2016. Phonetics Today. Moscow, Russia. phoneticstoday AT yandex.ru (09/15)
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CONFERENCES
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The 7th conference on Tone and Intonation in Europe (TIE2016) will be held from 1st to 3rdSeptember 2016 at the campus of the University of Kent, in Canterbury, UK. TIE2016 continues the tradition of the biennial TIE conference series welcoming contributions on phonetic, phonological, psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic and typological aspects of tone and intonation in any language. In addition, TIE2016 will have two special themes:
(i) “Tone and intonation in L2”. For this theme, we are inviting contributions which focus on the production and perception of L2 prosody, particularly its tonal aspects.
(ii) “The interaction of tone and intonation with other components of prosody”. For this theme, we are inviting contributions which focus on the interaction of tonal components of prosody with phrasing and rhythm.
*Keynote speakers for TIE2016*
Laura Dilley, Michigan State University
Janet Fletcher, Melbourne
Annie Tremblay, Kansas
*Important Deadlines*
Submission of Abstracts (one page plus one page for figures and references) via Easy Abstracts will open on 11 November 2015
- Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 20 February 2016
- Notification of Acceptance (by email): 17 April 2016
- Early Registration Deadline: 15 June 2016
- Author's Registration Deadline: 31 July 2016
- Conference: 1 -3 September 2016
*Contact & further information*
email: tie2016 AT kent.ac.uk
Website: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/tie-conference
The Organizers
Amalia Arvaniti
University of Kent
amaliaarvaniti.info
Tamara Rathcke
University of Kent
https://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/ell/staff/rathcke.html
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International Colloquium Amazonicas VI: Phonology & Syntax
The international colloquium ''AMAZONICAS: The Structure of Amazonian Languages: Phonology and Syntax'' is a biennial itinerant event, organized alternately in different Amazonian countries, with the goal of functioning as a platform for the exchange and cooperation among linguists devoted to the study of indigenous Amazonian languages.
Amazonicas VI will take place from May 24 to 28, 2016 in the city of Leticia, Colombia, at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia – sede Amazonia. The event contains three symposia:
- Phonology: “Historical Phonology and Sound Change in Amazonian Languages”
Org. Martin Kohlberger and Simon Overall
Contact: [log in to unmask]
- Syntax: “Negation in Amazonian Languages”
Org. Mily Crevels and Hein van der Voort
Contact: [log in to unmask]
- Linguistic family: Families in focus: Tukanoan and Makú (Nadahup/Kakua-Nukak/Puinave)
Org. Elsa Gomez-Imbert, Patience Epps, Kristine Stenzel
Contact: [log in to unmask]
Important dates:
December 1, 2015 — deadline for submitting abstracts
December 15, 2015 — notification of acceptance
May 24–28, 2016 — conference
Call for Papers:
Historical Phonology and Sound Change in Amazonian Languages
We invite contributions relating to any subfield of historical phonology and sound change in Amazonian languages. In particular, we welcome research that highlights linguistic processes that are unique/typical of the Amazon, as well as methodological concerns which are often encountered by linguists working with Amazonian languages (approaches based purely on synchronic data; phonological reconstruction in small language families; insufficient phonetic data).
Tukanoan and Maku
(Nadahup/Kakua-Nukak/Puinave)
The symposium seeks to provide an open forum to explore the state-of-art in the study of Tukanoan and the Makú (Nadahup / Kakua-Nukak/Puinave) languages. Priority will be given to those papers which present new approaches or new analyses—those which have not been previously published and which make original contributions to the knowledge of these languages.
Abstracts
Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words for phonology and 400 words for the two other symposia (excluding examples and references), and should be submitted in Word and PDF format. They may be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese. They must be anonymous. Abstracts should be sent as an attachment in an e-mail. Please include the title of the presentation, your name and your academic affiliation in the body of the e-mail.
Pilar Valenzuela, valenzuela AT chapman.edu
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18th Conference on Spoken English at Villetaneuse (ALOES2016) April 1-2,2016, Paris 13 University, France .
Phonetics and forensics: speaker, register and dialect identification.
The 18th Conference on Spoken English at Villetaneuse (ALOES 2016) will welcome two plenary speakers: Geoffrey Stewart Morrison, former subject editor for Speech Communication and co-editor of Vowel Inherent Spectral Change (2013), will give a talk on the segmental aspects of forensic analysis; Daniel Hirst, emeritus senior researcher at the CNRS, co-editor of the proceedings of the Speech Prosody conferences, will focus on the suprasegmental aspects of speaker classification and identification. Their presentations will provide an overview of the most recent techniques and results of segmental and suprasegmental analysis.
Beyond the over-optimistic representations of speaker identification in television programmes and films, this conference aims to foster a discussion of the latest research in English phonetics and phonology as far as speaker identification, speech styles, accents, and idiolects are concerned. We invite papers on these topics: case studies investigating specific features, text-to-speech, perception tests, sociolinguistic features, etc. Papers characterizing genres and spoken discourse will also be considered.
The first day of the conference will focus on these issues; we will, however, consider papers on other topics in the field of spoken English, to be presented on the second day. Each talk will be 30 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
Call for Papers:
Anonymous abstracts (300 words maximum), along with a separate document containing the author’s name and affiliation, should be sent, before 4 January 2016, to the following address: pierre.fournier AT univ-paris13.fr
Pre-conference workshop: Learner Scoring and Automatic Assessment for Spoken Data?
A pre-conference workshop will be held at Paris Diderot on March 31. Geoffrey Stewart Morrison will present L2/L1 data modeling in connection with his published papers. He will give a talk on logistic regression. Daniel Hirst will demo Prozed, a tool for the investigation of learner prosody. We invite papers bearing more specifically on learner data, investigating learner scoring, automatic assessment, data modeling of segmental or suprasegmental features.
Deadline: 4 January 2016
Contact persons: nicolas.ballier AT univ-paris-diderot.fr / Adrien Méli / Maelle Amand
http://pre-conf-aloes-2016.clillac-arp.univ-paris-diderot.fr
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2nd Call for Papers:
Speech Prosody 2016, Boston: Announcing Special Sessions and Call for Papers
Speech Prosody 2016, the eighth international conference on speech prosody, will be hosted at Boston University, May 31 to June 3, 2016. We invite papers addressing any aspect of the science and technology of prosody. This year, we especially invite submissions concentrating on variation and differences both at the level of the community and that of the individual. Speech Prosody, the biennial meeting of the Speech Prosody Special Interest Group (SProSIG) (http://speechprosody2010.illinois.edu/sprosig.php) of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) (http://www.isca-speech.org/), is the only recurring international conference focused on prosody as an organizing principle for the social, psychological, linguistic, and technological aspects of spoken language. Past conferences in Aix-en-Provence, Nara, Dresden, Campinas, Chicago, Shanghai and Dublin have each attracted 300-400 delegates, including experts in the fields of Linguistics, Computer Science, Electrical Engin
eering, Speech and Hearing Science, Psychology, and related disciplines.
Important Deadlines:
Submission of papers: November 15, 2015
Notification of acceptance (by email): January 15, 2016
Early registration deadline: February 15, 2016
Author's registration deadline: March 1, 2016
Conference: May 31 - June 3, 2016
Review Areas:
1. Phonology and phonetics of prosody
2. Signal processing
3. Rhythm and timing
4. Prosody in computational linguistics
5. Acquisition of first language prosody
6. Syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
7. Prosody in language and music
8. Prosody in Tone Languages
9. Prosody in language contact and second language acquisition
10. Prosody of under-resourced languages and dialects
11. Audiovisual prosody modeling and analysis
12. Communicative situation and speaking style
13. Prosodic aspects of speech and language pathology
14. Psycholinguistic, cognitive, neural correlates of prosody
15. Meta-linguistic and para-linguistic communication
16. Voice quality, phonation, and vocal dynamics
17. Prosody of sign language
18. Prosody in automatic speech synthesis, recognition and understanding
SPECIAL SESSIONS URL: http://sites.bu.edu/speechprosody2016/
Sentence-Final Particles and Intonation
Contact: James German: james.german AT lpl-aix.fr
Similarities, interactions, and historical relationships will be a special session of Speech Prosody 2016.
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Rising Intonation in English and Beyond
Contact: Meghan Armstrong: meghan.armstrong AT gmail.com
Over the past years, popular media has become interested in intonational phenomena such as “high rising terminals” (HRTs) and “uptalk”. These related phenomena are quite common to varieties of English, but why is this the case? To our knowledge, few studies have looked across English varieties to identify the commonalities or differences in how rises work, and why they might be so widespread in English. The goal of this session is to bring together scholars working on HRTs and so-called “uptalk” in varieties of English, but also scholars working on related phenomena in other languages. Central topics to be addressed include (but are not limited to) the cross-linguistic nature of the HRT/uptalk phenomenon, teasing out the difference between rises used for HRT/uptalk versus other rises in a language’s intonational grammar, methods at our disposal to study the phenomenon, the pragmatics of HRT/uptalk, sociolinguistic considerations, and HRT/uptalk realization in the speec
h of clinical populations.
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Sources of Prosodic Variation across Recording Settings
Contact: Oliver Niebuhr: niebuhr AT linguistik.uni-kiel.de
The task of describing and understanding speech communication places certain requirements on the acoustic quality and experimental control of speech signals. Despite this inevitable fact, we know surprisingly little about the social, environmental, and task-specific factors that shape speech production, and particularly speech prosody, inside and outside the laboratory. Continuing the INSPECT initiative (i.e. “Innovating Speech Elicitation Techniques”) that was started by Niebuhr, Michaud, and colleagues in 2013, our special session aims at bringing together, with a focus on prosody, papers that can sensitize researchers to the challenges, sources of variation, and possible pitfalls of gathering production data. Thus, possible topics include (but are to restricted to) in-depth analyses or comparisons of elicitation tasks (including types of reading material), prosodic convergence, the issue of generalization of lab-speech findings, reliability of measurements, individual speaker
differences (e.g., with respect to expressive speech, fluency, laughter, breathing), effects and artifacts of recording conditions, such as type of microphone, eye contact, or task duration (fatigue or order/repetition effects).
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Speaker Comfort and Communication in Noisy Environments
Contact: Oliver Niebuhr: niebuhr AT linguistik.uni-kiel.de :
Prolonged exposure to high levels of ambient noise can lead to serious health effects, decreases in comfort during communication, and cognitive impairment. Two important aspects of the disturbance caused by noise on speech are its effects on speech intelligibility and vocal effort, and therefore speaker comfort. In noisy environments, speech prosodic changes can include a modification of fundamental frequency (F0) and a slowing of speech rate and other durational modifications. These changes appear to be made by the speaker to improve intelligibility for the listener. This special session invites submissions addressing the impact of noise on communication and speaker comfort. The topics will include, but will not be limited to, the effects of noise, speech style and room acoustic characteristics on speech parameters, talker intelligibility, and self-reported speaker comfort. A discussion of the implications of noise exposure for occupational voice users and pupils in the classroom is
encouraged. The session will also provide a forum for discussing recent developments in the study of vocal effort, acoustic clarity, and communication enhancement.
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'r-atics 5, The Fifth International Workshop on Phonetic, Phonological, Acquisitional, Sociolinguistic and Dialect-Geographic Aspects of Rhotics
18-20 May, 2016, Leeuwarden / Ljouwert, Netherlands
'r-atics 5, The Fifth International Workshop on Phonetic, Phonological, Acquisitional, Aociolinguistic and Dialect-Geographic Aspects of Rhotics, will be hosted from 18-20 May 2015 at the Fryske Akademy in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert, The Netherlands. Previous ‘r-atics symposia were organised in Nijmegen (2000), Brussels (2002), Bozen/Bolzano (2011) and Grenoble (2013). The workshop brings together scholars from different linguistic disciplines researching various aspects of rhotics in a wide range of languages. Studies addressing rhotics often have similar goals and produce mutually informing results, but they are commonly presented in distinct conferences and journals, creating barriers to the integration of the insights and hampering our understanding of rhotics and the role they play in a wide number of phenomena (e.g., speaker identification, language variation and change, language acquisition).
Invited speakers:
- Michael Proctor (Macquarie University, Sydney)
- Cédric Gendrot (Paris 3 Sorbonne nouvelle)
- Odette Scharenborg (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Organizers:
- Hans Van de Velde (Fryske Akademy)
- Roeland van Hout (Radboud University Nijmegen)
- Koen Sebregts (Utrecht University)
Registration fee:
The registration fee includes lunches, dinners and refreshments during the conference (on 18, 19 and 20 May 2016).
- Students: 125 EUR before 1 March, 175 EUR after 1 March
- Others: 200 EUR before 1 March, 250 EUR after 1 March
Accommodation: Information will follow; hotel rooms are pre-booked.
Call for Papers:
In the tradition of ‘r-atics, we will ensure a highly focused and interactive event in a friendly and stimulating atmosphere. It is a mid-size workshop series with about 40 participants. All sessions are plenary and the poster session is an important part of the program. Work in progress and research plans are very welcome in the poster session.
Website: www.fryske-akademy.nl/r-atics5
Contact Person: Hans Van de Velde
r-atics5 AT fryske-akademy.nl
Important dates
- Abstract submission deadline: 4 January 2016
- Notice of acceptance: 20 January 2016
- Early bird registration: 1 March 2016
- Workshop: 18-20 May 2016
Abstract submission:
Submit your abstract of about 400 words to http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/r-atics5
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POSITIONS VACANT
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Quantitative Sociolinguistics, Department of Linguistics and Language Development San Jose State University, California, USA
Spanish language required.
Qualifications:
Ph.D. in Linguistics or related field with specialization in quantitative sociolinguistics focusing on phonetic and morphological variation in Spanish. Applicants should have evidence of effective teaching and demonstrated potential for scholarly excellence. Applicants should have an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience. They should also have a strong commitment to teamwork, shared governance, and collegiality.
Responsibilities:
1) Teach courses in linguistics to students in the BA and MA Linguistics programs in the Department of Linguistics and Language Development and generally one course per semester in linguistics, morphology and/or syntax in Spanish to students in the Department of World Languages and Literatures, as well as general education courses and other courses, as needed.
2) Advise students and assist with program coordination and development.
3) Serve on department, college and university committees.
The normal load is four three-unit courses per semester plus advising and committee work. A pattern of demonstrated excellence in teaching, service, and continued scholarly, professional activity, including publications in refereed venues, will be required for tenure and promotion. Candidate must address the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, cultural background, ethnicity, primary language and academic preparation – through course materials, teaching strategies, and advisement.
Salary Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Starting Date: August 22, 2016
Eligibility: Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
Application procedure: For full consideration, upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching interests/philosophy, research plans, evidence of teaching effectiveness, least three original letters of reference with contact information, and representative publications by November 15, 2015 at the application website below.
Application Deadline: 15-Nov-2015
Web Address for Applications: http://apply.interfolio.com/32114
Contact Information:
Professor & Chair Swathi Vanniarajan
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: 1-408-924-3742
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The Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, encourages applications for a fellowship program co-funded from the EU H2020 Marie Sk³odowska-Curie Actions for international researchers. 12- or 24-month fellowships in host institutions in Poland are offered, including living and mobility allowances, family allowance and a grant to cover the costs of proposed research.
Guidelines for applicants are available here:
https://ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/pliki/2015_08_POLONEZ%201_guidelines_for_applicants.pdf
For information on our research areas including phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, the history of English, Older Germanic languages, sociolinguistics, discourse studies, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, lexicography, Celtic languages, Dutch and South African Studies, see: <http://wa.amu.edu.pl/wa/en/> or do not hesitate to enquire: Justyna Piotrowska at jpiotrowska AT wa.amu.edu.pl about formal issues concerning your application or Anna Balas at abalas AT wa.amu.edu.pl about research cooperation.
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The Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinios (http://shs.illinois.edu) invites applications for an academic nine-month faculty position at the rank of assistant, associate or full professor in the area of neurological bases of communication disorders.
The Department seeks outstanding candidates with a history of excellence in research, teaching and service. The candidate’s research should address the neurological bases of developmental and/or acquired communication disorders of speech, hearing, or language. Candidates should have a record of or potential for external funding. Preference will be given to applicants with clinical certification in Speech Language Pathology or Audiology. Departmental faculty conduct world class research, are committed to excellence in teaching and have long-standing associations with campus initiatives such as the Neuroscience program, the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and the Center on Health Aging and Disability.
Available: The position is available August 16, 2016
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DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Qualifications: Applicants must hold an earned doctorate or terminal degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders or related disciplines. The candidate must be qualified for appointment as assistant, associate or full professor.
Responsibilities: Conduct and publish research in one’s chosen area of expertise, obtain external funding, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, advise and direct student theses and dissertations, engage in professional and public service activities, and serve on department, college, and university committees.
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Closing date: For full consideration an application must be received by Dec 7, 2015.
Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
Applications: Please create your candidate profile via the Apply through website button and upload your letter of application that includes a statement of research interests, a statement of teaching interests, curriculum vitae, and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three references. Candidates will be notified before letters of recommendation are requested.
For more information about the position, applicants may contact:
Fatima T Husain, Ph.D.
Chair, Search Committee
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
University of Illinois
Phone: 217-333-7561; Email: husainf AT illinois.edu
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The Department of Linguistics at Swarthmore College invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor with a specialization in phonology, morphology, semantics, or syntax. This is a three-year appointment with the possibility for reappointment after three years. The position begins in Fall 2016. We will require applicants to have the PhD completed by the time of appointment.
We seek candidates with the ability to teach introductory and advanced undergraduates in the areas of specialization and to teach on the introductory level in one other core area of theoretical linguistics.
Please submit (1) a letter of application, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) a research statement, (4) a one-page statement describing five courses you would like to teach, (5) two articles or chapters you have written, and (6) have three letters of recommendation submitted by your referees. Please include in the letter of application any information that will help us understand your capacity to teach and do research at Swarthmore, beyond what is in the other documents you submit. All materials must be submitted electronically, through Academic Jobs Online (link below).
Note that Swarthmore Linguistics is also inviting applications for a tenure-track position. If you wish to be considered for both positions, please apply for the three-year visiting position but indicate in your letter of application that you also wish to apply for the tenure-trace position.
We will begin reviewing applications on December 15, 2015 but the search will remain open until the positions are filled.
The Linguistics Department is a collaborative Tri-College curricular program involving faculty and students from Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges. All together, we have roughly 30 to 35 majors per year. The curriculum is built around the theoretical analysis of grammar with connections made to descriptive research and language documentation. Our faculty engage with (have longstanding ties to) language communities in the linguistic analysis of American Sign Language, Chinese, Navajo, Tuvan, and Zapotec. We maintain an Endangered Languages Laboratory, a Phonetics Laboratory, a Navajo linguistics library, an ASL library, as well as a general linguistics library. Classes are small, students are intense, and the opportunity for collaboration with students as well as colleagues is real and constant.
Swarthmore College is a highly selective liberal arts college, located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, whose mission combines academic rigor with social responsibility. Swarthmore has a strong institutional commitment to inclusive excellence through diversity in its educational program and employment practices. The College actively seeks and welcomes applications from candidates with exceptional qualifications, particularly those with demonstrable commitments to a more inclusive society and world.
Application Deadline: 15-Dec-2015 (Open until filled)
Web Address for Applications:https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/6623
Contact Information:
Professor Ted Fernald
Email: tfernal1 AT swarthmore.edu
Phone: 610-328-8437
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Full Time Position in Phonology, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chiao Tung University
Applications are invited for a tenure-track position in Phonology at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Graduate Institute of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. A Ph.D. in Linguistics, Speech and Hearing Sciences, or allied discipline is required. Applicants with experience in laboratory techniques in speech production, perception or acquisition, and with a strong interest in statistical or computational modeling would be particularly preferred. The applicant is also required to have an excellent command of English.
(S)he will interact with faculty and students on research in phonetics, phonology, speech sciences and will teach maximally 15 credit hours of courses per year (with course deduction subject to advising students and conducting research projects). (S)he will rotate in teaching undergraduate linguistic courses, including Introduction to Linguistics, Phonetics and Phonology, a graduate course in Phonology and undergraduate language proficiency courses including English writing and Freshman English.
Please send inquiries and applications to Miss Hui-ying Tsou at the email address below. Applicants should send a letter of application, statement of research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, copies of research papers, and evidence of teaching ability, a copy of Ph.D. diploma, and three recommendation letters. Applications should be sent in pdf format. The position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found. The (flexible) start date of the position is Feb 1, 2016.
Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Mailing Address for Applications:
Search Committee
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
National Chiao Tung University
1001 University Road
Hsinchu 30010
Taiwan
Email Address for Applications: huiyingtsou AT nctu.edu.tw
Contact Information:
Miss Hui-ying Tsou
Email: huiyingtsou AT nctu.edu.tw
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