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foNETiks
A newsletter for
The International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
July 2018
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Radek Swiecinski, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
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29 July-1 August 2018. 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA 2018). Huddersfield, UK.
http://iafpa2018.wordpress.com(01/18)
2-5 August 2018. Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL2018). York, UK.
http://germanicsocietyforensiclinguistics.org/ (02/18)
27-30 August 2018. The Foot in the Phonological History of English. Edinburgh, UK.
http://www.conferences.cahss.ed.ac.uk/icehl20/foot-phonological-history-english/ 6/18
29 August-2 September 2018. 14th ESSE Conference - Seminar 02: The Role of Distinctive Phonological Features in Language. Brno, Czech Republic.
http://www.esse2018brno.org/(02/18)2-6 September 2018. Interspeech 2018. Hyderabad, India.
http://www.interspeech2018.org(02/18)
6-7 September, 2018. Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum, Vienna, Austria.
http://pundp2018.univie.ac.at (6/18)
6-8 September 2018. Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT). Iowa, USA.
http://www.psllt.org (02/18)
7 September 2018. English in India and Indian Englishes: New Horizons in the Study of Phonetics and Phonology. Hyderabad, India.
https://phinde1.wordpress.com (05/18)
19-21 September 2018. 2nd International Symposium on Applied Phonetics (ISAPh2018). Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan.
http://onkyo.u-aizu.ac.jp/isaph2018/ (03/18)
22 September 2018. Conference on typological limits of probabilistic phonological grammars, Stanford University.
https://sites.google.com/site/analyzingtypologicalstructure (6/18)
27-28 September 2018. Laughter Workshop 2018. ISIR, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
http://pages.isir.upmc.fr/~pelachaud/site/LaughterWorkshop18.html (05/18)
5-7 October 2018. Annual Meeting on Phonology 2018. San Diego, CA, USA.
http://phonology.ucsd.edu (03/18)
##11 October 2018. Speech in the Age of Multimodal Humanities (SpAM). Pisa, Italy.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdH8GMXc5PAyaiP5Wco_b2Vl6o6DVAudiAJ3boTIvZ1V_WyfQ/viewform (07/18)
11-13 October 2018. International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TIE2018). Gothenburg, Sweden.
http://sprak.gu.se/forskning/konferenser/tone-and-intonation (10/17)
11-13 October 2018. Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody (ETAP) 4: Sociolectal and dialectal variability in prosody. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
http://etap4.krisyu.org (03/18)
11-13 October 2018. Phonology and Phonetics: Their relations and demarcations. Kraków, Poland.
http://www.sinfonija11.confer.uj.edu.pl/phon-session (03/18)
19-21 October 2018. 3rd Sound Systems of Latin America. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
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26-28 October 2018. 5th NINJAL International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology (NINJAL ICPP). Tokyo, Japan.
http://crosslinguistic-studies.ninjal.ac.jp/prosody/?page_id=587&lang=en (05/18)
14-15 November 2018. International Conference on Laboratory Phonetics and Phonology. Tehran, Iran.
http://iclpp.alzahra.ac.ir/ (05/18)
29-30 November 2018. Workshop on the Processing of Prosody across Languages and Varieties (ProsLang). Wellington, NZ
https://proslang.wordpress.com/ (12/17)
29th November - 1st December 2018. 12th Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English, Lodz Poland
http://filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents/ (04/18)
16 January, 2019. 16th Old World Conference on Phonology. Verona, Italy. :
http://sites.hss.univr.it/ocp/ (6/18)
##6 March - 08 March 2019. Factors Influencing the Stability of Phonetic Contrasts and Phonemic Oppositions. Bremen, Germany. (07/18)
##6 March - 08 March 2019. Prosody from a Cross-domain Perspective: How Language Speaks to Music (and Vice Versa). Bremen, Germany.
https://sites.google.com/site/bollavetisyan/workshop-prosody-from-cross-domain-perspective (07/18)
4-10 August 2019. XIXth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Melbourne, Australia.
http://icphs2019.org/ (03/16)
##18 October 2019. 4th Workshop on Sound Change. Salamanca, Spain.
http://diarium.usal.es/fsmiret (07/18)
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##Speech in the Age of Multimodal Humanities (SpAM)
11 October 2018. Pisa, Italy.
Call Deadline: 31-Jul-2018
Meeting Description:
SpAM is a satellite workshop of the 2018 CLARIN-ERIC Annual Conference (
https://www.clarin.eu/event/2018/clarin-annual-conference-2018-pisa-italy) dedicated to the study of multimodality in the speech sciences. Papers dealing with multimodality in speech as a research topic or as a methodological choice are welcome. A non-exhaustive list of potential topics is given below:
- Multimodal interaction, visual and gestural aspects of verbal and non-verbal vocalizations
- Perception of speech as a multimodal process
- Theoretical models of speech production/perception/evolution/change based on empirical evidence
- Multimodal and multilevel technologies for the study of speech
- Multimodal speech synthesis and recognition
- Artificial interfaces and man-machine interaction
- Systems for the simulation (e.g. virtual reality) of speech production
- Technological applications of multimodal speech in diverse domains (vocal and assistive technologies, cultural heritage etc.)
- Acquisition, management, access and distribution of multimodal corpora for the study of speech;
- Development, management and sharing of multimodal speech resources
- Multimodal approaches and resources in speech therapy
Location:
- Scuola Normale Superiore
Confirmed keynote lectures by:
- Didier Demolin (Sorbonne Nouvelle)
- Peter Birkholz (Technische Universität Dresden)
The participation is free upon registration. The registration form will be available until September 30th at the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdH8GMXc5PAyaiP5Wco_b2Vl6o6DVAudiAJ3boTIvZ1V_WyfQ/viewformThe organizers provide a maximum of 10 students with the opportunity of free lodging in a double room at a university guesthouse for one night (check-in: Wednesday 10 October, check-out: Thursday 11). Students not residing in Pisa and willing to take advantage of this opportunity should indicate their interest in the registration form. In case of exceeding requests, precedence will be given to students presenting a paper at the workshop. The final decision about the awarded students will be notified by August 31.
Presenters at the workshop will be allowed to attend the CLARIN 2018 main conference.
Local organizing committee:
- Chiara Celata, Scuola Normale Superiore
- Francesco Cutugno, Università di Napoli Federico II
- Chiara Bertini, Scuola Normale Superiore
- Maria Paola Bissiri, Scuola Normale Superiore
- Giovanna Lenoci, Scuola Normale Superiore
- Irene Ricci, Scuola Normale Superiore
Call for Papers:
We invite the submission of abstracts focusing on any aspect of multimodality and speech (see General description for a suggestion of topics).
Abstracts of min. 500 and max. 1000 words should be sent, preferably as pdf files, to
clarin-satellitesns.itThe deadline for the submission of abstracts is July 31.
Acceptance notifications will be sent out by August 31.
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##4th Workshop on Sound Change
18 October 2019. University of Salamanca, Spain
Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Typology
Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2018
Meeting Description:
The workshop deals with the phonetic and phonological factors involved in the inception of sound change, and with its lexical and social diffusion mechanisms.
The 4th Workshop on Sound Change will be held at the University of Salamanca, Spain, on Friday, October 18, 2019. The goal of this workshop is to gather phonologists, phoneticians and historical linguists working on the phonetic and phonological factors involved in the inception of sound change and on its lexical and social diffusion mechanisms. Experimental and descriptive evidence calls for the need to develop better models of sound change which incorporate data on articulatory and acoustic variation and on how phonetic variability leading eventually to sound change is shaped by linguistic and social structures. The major contributions to the three previous workshop sessions were published by Lincom Europa in
- D. Recasens & F. Sánchez Miret & K. Wireback, eds., Experimental Phonetics and Sound Change, München, Lincom Europa, 2010.
- F. Sánchez Miret & D. Recasens, eds., Studies in Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change in Romance, München, Lincom Europa, 2013.
- D. Recasens & F. Sánchez Miret, eds., Production and Perception Mechanisms of Sound Change, München, Lincom Europa, 2018.
The following invited speakers have confirmed their participation at the workshop with oral presentations:
Giovanni Abete (University of Naples)
Silvia Calamai (University of Siena)
Francesco Cangemi (University of Cologne)
Anit Berit Hansen (University of Copenhagen)
Nicholas Henriksen (University of Michigan)
Margaret Renwick (University of Georgia)
Fernando Sánchez Miret (University of Salamanca)
Daniel Recasens (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
Call for Papers:
In addition to several oral presentations, a poster session will be held during the one-day workshop. We invite submission of abstracts for poster presentation. Abstracts may report experimental and/or descriptive data on sound change dealing preferably with one or several Romance languages. They should not exceed one page (tables, graphs and references can be on a separate page), and should be submitted electronically as a .pdf file to
fsmiretusal.es before December 31 2018.
The official languages of the workshop are Spanish, French, Italian and English.
We intend to publish a selection of the oral and poster presentations during 2019-2020.
The workshop will be held at the Facultad de Filología, Plaza de Anaya s/n, 37008 Salamanca.
The workshop organizers,
Fernando Sánchez Miret, University of Salamanca
Daniel Recasens, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Workshop Conference Webpage:
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##Factors Influencing the Stability of Phonetic Contrasts and Phonemic Oppositions
06 March - 08 March 2019. Bremen, Germany
Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Phonetics; Phonology; Sociolinguistics; Typology
Call Deadline: 20-Aug-2018
Meeting Description:
Half-day workshop at the 41st annual meeting of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS)
Three areas of research seem to be especially promising with regard to the exploration of the stability of phonetic contrasts and phonemic oppositions: 1. typological deliberations and within-system oppositions; 2. category (in-)stability in speech perception – especially in the context of added/co-presented extra-linguistic information; and 3. intra- and inter-speaker variability in speech production. From a typological perspective, some phonemic oppositions are undoubtedly rarer than others but the question as to why this is the case remains a recurring topic in the fields of typology and phonetics/phonology. Recent advances in the testing of phonetic explanations for diachronic sound changes that shape a phoneme inventory have identified a link to the misparsing of coarticulation (Kleber et al. 2012). This is related to the accumulating evidence from speech perception research suggesting that the stability of an opposition of a phonetic contrast is somewhat compromised because perceptual categories are flexible and highly dependent on contextual information (Jannedy and Weirich 2014). The third area of relevance is the intra-and inter-speaker variability among others connected to different speech registers (i.e. formal vs. informal), addressees (i.e. child vs. adult directed speech), and speaker characteristics such as gender, age, dialect, ethnic background etc. (Weirich and Simpson 2017). This workshop addresses the challenge of investigating the realization and loss of contrast and opposition in speech and the various conditioning factors of what makes oppositions and contrasts stable or instable. It will provide a forum for all linguists (phonetics/phonology, typology, computational modeling, psycholinguistics, dialectology, historical linguistics) interested in the causes (system-internal and extra-linguistic factors) leading to phonemic stability or instability consequently influencing the linguistic system.
Call for Papers:
Abstracts including figures, tables, and references should not exceed 2 pages and should be send electronically as an attached pdf file to
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Submission deadline: August, 20 2018
Notification of acceptance: September, 8 2018
Organizers:
Felicitas Kleber (LMU München), Stefanie Jannedy (Leibniz-ZAS Berlin), Melanie Weirich (FSU Jena)
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##Prosody from a Cross-domain Perspective: How Language Speaks to Music (and Vice Versa)
06 March - 08 March 2019. Bremen, Germany
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Linguistic Theories; Phonetics; Phonology; Psycholinguistics
Call Deadline: 31-Aug-2018
Meeting Description:
Relations between language and music have been discussed for centuries. The antique perspective suggested a close affinity of the two domains, with poets considered singers, and poems equated with songs. Generative linguistic approaches, on the other hand, assume a separate language module. Recent research contributed substantially to the language-music debate, and we have now some evidence for shared as well as separate processing areas in the human brain. Surprisingly, despite the fact that both domains consider prosody as organizational principle of@least rhythm and intonation, and despite a possible joint origin, shared prosodic accounts of language and music are rare. Can linguistic theory entirely ignore shared prosodic principles in the two domains? Or can the new insights prove beneficial for advancing linguistic theories on prosody? This workshop intends to bring together interdisciplinary researchers in order to sparkle discussions how mutual exchange between language and music can be fruitful. We invite contributions focusing on general mechanisms and representations underlying the prosody of language and music, addressing questions such as: What are the key units of prosody? What do they share between language and music, what is specific to either domain? What cognitive and neural networks support linguistic and musical prosody? Moreover, we invite contributions that explore evolutionary and developmental aspects of linguistic and musical prosody, addressing questions such as: Did linguistic and musical prosody co-evolve? Is language and musical acquisition supported by transfer/interactions between the two domains? Welcome are, furthermore, contributions studying the immediate link between the two domains in poetry or text-setting, particularly if they address the role of underlying language-specific principles. The workshop also aims@incorporating a wide range of methodologies, reaching from generative accounts of prosody to brain imaging techniques establishing prosodic networks, in order to seek for a best-possible approach to a timely and very interesting cross-domain research topic.
Keynote speakers:
Daniela Sammler (MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences)
Paul Kiparsky (Stanford University)
Travel grants:
There will be travel grants for DGfS members with an affiliation outside Germany and low income. Those who will be presenting a paper at the DGfS (including the present workshop) can apply for these travel grants.
Call for Papers:
Abstracts should be submitted for 30-minute slots (including discussion).
Abstract guidelines: max. 300 words, no more than five references. The final version will not include figures. Please submit two pdf files containing your abstract via email (to:
nbolluni-potsdam.de): one file should include title of talk, name(s) of author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es); another one should be anonymous. Abstracts and presentations must be in English.
A template for an abstract can be downloaded from this website:
https://sites.google.com/site/bollavetisyan/workshop-prosody-from-cross-domain-perspective**********************
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##Linguistics Laboratories Manager - Queen Mary University London, UK
Full-time, one year
To support the teaching and research of academic staff and students in Linguistics by managing the Phonetics and Language Acquisition laboratories. The post holder will be expected to: oversee the day to day set-up, maintenance and smooth running of the laboratories, and participate in logistical developments and resource planning. They will also contribute to laboratory related teaching and research, for instance by giving technical advice on the use of complex equipment and software and advising on research design, analysis and the interpretation of results. The post holder will be subject to the overall supervision of the Head of School who, in conjunction with the Chair of the Linguistics department and laboratory directors, will agree specific duties and responsibilities. The post holder will be expected to keep up to date with advances in the field.
Department: School of Languages, Linguistics & Film
Salary: £36,677- £43,152 (Grade 5)
Reference: QMUL15150
Date posted: 02-Jul-2018
Closing date: 22-Jul-2018
Further details about the post and application information can be found at:
https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=3453.
Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Esther de Leeuw or Dr Kathleen McCarthy.
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##Phonetics Consultants (French; German; Italian; Spanish) - Definedcrowd, Lisbon, Portugal
DefinedCrowd makes machines smarter for companies around the world.
We’re looking for a native fr-FR / it-IT / es-ES / de-DE linguists to help us improve AI applications.
This remote job will consist of online phonetic transcription of short phrases.
All work can be done remotely on our platform and there is no set "working hours".
Payment would be per entry but in the range of 15 / 20 USD per hour.
Profile:
- Native in the language you’re an expert in;
- Knowledge of X-SAMPA;
- Professional experience in X-SAMPA or similar (e.g. IPA);
- BA degree or similar through experience,
- Tech savvy; able to work remotely.
To apply please visit the application link below.
Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Web Address for Applications:
https://bit.ly/2N7RX10Email:
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##Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology (x2) - University of York, UK
Fixed term/open contract
Salary Range: £38,832 a year
Ref Number: 6777
Closing date: 15 August 2018
Department of Language and Linguistic Science
Language & Linguistic Science at York is a leading department for linguistics and is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology to contribute to teaching on our undergraduate English language and linguistics programmes, as well as programmes at postgraduate level from 1 October 2018, or as soon as possible thereafter. The post is full-time.
Role
You will contribute to the development of research objectives and projects, carrying out individual and collaborative research. You will contribute to the production of research outputs and research outcomes, presenting papers at conferences and workshops, publishing chapters, papers, and articles in academic journals. In your teaching you will design, develop and deliver a range of phonetics and phonology modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. You will also undertake a range of administrative and managerial responsibilities.
Skills, Experience & Qualification needed
You are an early to mid-career linguist, with a PhD in Linguistics or closely related field, who is establishing, or has established, a track record of high quality research and are committed to excellence in teaching and supervision. We particularly welcome applications from scholars whose research and teaching interests include one or more of the following: acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics, computational modelling, forensic speech science, phonological development, phonological theory, phonetics and multimodality, quantitative methods, sociophonetics. In addition to detailed subject knowledge you should demonstrate highly developed oral and written communication skills, and provide evidence of attention to detail and commitment to high quality in your work.
The starting date is 1 October 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Informal enquiries may be made to the Head of Department (Professor Dunstan Brown) by e-mail (
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https://www.york.ac.uk/language/.
These posts are available full-time. One is fixed for a period of 3 years and 9 months, the other is an open contract.
Apply at
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_web_page_id=354445 ************************
##Associate Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics - University of York, UK
Fixed term, full-time
The Department of Language & Linguistic Science is seeking to appoint an Associate Lecturer to contribute to teaching in the field of English Language and Linguistics. The post is full-time on a fixed-term appointment which starts 1 October 2018, or as soon as possible thereafter, until 31 August 2022.
Role
You will contribute to teaching, supervision and administration of the Department, with particular responsibility for teaching and supervising on our English language and linguistics programmes. You will be required to teach modules in the history of English, including specific earlier periods such as Old English or Middle English. You will be expected to develop your own teaching materials, methods and approaches with guidance, and to set and mark coursework and exams, providing constructive feedback to students. We particularly welcome applications from scholars whose interests include one or more of the following: corpus linguistics, English phonetics and phonology, English syntax, quantitative methods. In addition to in-depth subject knowledge you should demonstrate attention to detail, with a commitment to high quality.
Skills, Experience & Qualification needed
You are an early career linguist with a PhD in linguistics or closely related subject. You have a track record of high quality teaching and can teach modules in English language and linguistics at advanced level. You will have the ability to plan, manage, organise and reflect upon your teaching, as well as experience of using different delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students.
Informal enquiries may be made to the Head of Department (Professor Dunstan Brown) by telephone (+44 (0)1904 322653) or by e-mail (
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##Post Doc in Language Acquisition; Phonetics; Phonology; Psycholinguistics - Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Child Language Lab at Macquarie University (Sydney). The Lab is located in the Australian Hearing Hub with state-of the art EEG, MEG, infant speech perception, eye-tracking, and language production research facilities. The group has extensive collaborative links with Audiology, Speech Pathology, Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD), and the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL), providing a dynamic, collaborative research environment.
Project:
This position is funded as part of a 5-year Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellowship award to Professor Katherine Demuth for examining 'Neural and behavioural evidence for children's learning of grammatical morphology'. The project brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplines with the common purpose of addressing issues related to speech and language perception, production and processing in typically developing monolingual and bilingual children, and children with hearing loss.
The successful applicant will lead research in the language processing abilities of children with hearing loss, including designing and running experiments, writing up and presenting results, supervising graduate students, helping to recruit participants, and organizational aspects of the lab as needed.
Previous experience with designing and conducting language processing experiments using the visual world eye-tracking paradigm and pupillometry, is highly desirable.
Selection Criteria
To be considered for this position, please address the selection criteria below, and attach your CV (including list of 3 referees), general statement of research interests, and availability.
Essential:
- PhD in linguistics, psychology, cognitive science or related discipline
- Excellent knowledge of acoustic phonetics, phonology, prosody and psycholinguistics
- Excellent knowledge of experimental design and statistical analysis
- Interest in and/or experience with developmental research
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- First-authored journal publications
Desirable:
- Programming skills
- Experience writing grant proposals
- Experience supervising graduate students
- Research experience with young children
Employment in this position is conditional upon holding a Working with Children Check Clearance.
Salary Package:
Level A - base salary from $83,344 to $89,320 AUD p.a., plus 9.5% employer’s superannuation and leave loading.
Appointment Type:
Full-time, 1 year fixed term position
Specific Role Enquiries:
Professor Katherine
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General Recruitment Enquiries:
Rohana
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Applications close:
Tuesday, 31 July 2018 AEST 11:55pm AEST
Applications need to be submitted through the Macquarie University online recruitment system. Where circumstances such as disability or remote location prohibit your access to our online system please contact the enquiries person listed in this advertisement for assistance.
Application Deadline: 31-Jul-2018
Web Address for Applications:
http://jobs.mq.edu.au/cw/en/job/504194/postdoctoral-research-fellowContact Information:
Dr Isabel O'Keeffe
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##Post Doc in General Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong is a dynamic, fast-growing university that is pursuing excellence in research and professional education. As a publicly-funded institution, the University is committed to nurturing and developing students’ talents and creating applicable knowledge to support social and economic advancement.
Applications are invited for:
Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Assistant in the Department of Linguistics and Translation (Appointment for 12 months with possibility of extension) [Ref. C/R/146/03]
Project:
Phonetic and Phonological Characteristics of Workplace English Produced by University Graduates in Hong Kong
Duties:
- Assist in experimental design, speech recording and intelligibility assessment;
- Train helpers for data entry;
- Perform acoustic analysis and prepare reports.
Requirements:
- A Master’s degree in Linguistics (specializing in Phonetics and Language Acquisition), with experience in experimental design and acoustic analysis.
- Strong record in research, excellent command of written and spoken English are required. - Proficiency in Cantonese would be an advantage.
Candidates with a PhD and no more than 3 years’ postdoctoral experience may be considered for appointment as Postdoctoral Fellow.
Salary and Conditions of Service:
Salary offered will be highly competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience. Fringe benefits include leave, medical and dental consultations at the campus clinic.
Information and Application:
Further information on the posts and the University is available at
http://www.cityu.edu.hk, or from the Human Resources Office, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong [Email:
hrojobcityu.edu.hk/Fax: 2788 1154 or 3442 0311].
To apply, please submit an online application at the application link below. The closing date is 5 August 2018. Applications will receive full consideration and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. The University’s privacy policy is available on the homepage.
City University of Hong Kong is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to the principle of diversity. Personal data provided by applicants will be used for recruitment and other employment-related purposes.
Worldwide recognition ranking 49th, and 4th among top 50 universities under age 50 (QS survey 2018); 1st in Engineering/Technology/Computer Sciences in Hong Kong (ARWU survey 2016); and 2nd Business School in Asia-Pacific region (UT Dallas survey 2017).
Application Deadline: 05-Aug-2018
Web Address for Applications:
http://jobs.cityu.edu.hkContact Information:
Human Resources Office
Email:
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Post Doc in Lanaguage Variation and Change
Aarhus University, Denmark
The School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in language variation and change. This is a full-time position and begins on 1 January 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter. It is associated with the research project “Ageing in Language Variation and Change”, supported by an Aarhus University Research Foundation (Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond (AUFF)) Starting Grant. The position is based at the Department of English, which is part of the School of Communication and Culture.
The successful applicant will be a member of the research group Sounds of Language and Speech (for more information about the group and our phonetics lab, see:
https://soundsoflanguageandspeech.wordpress.com/). the project is coordinated by Michaela Hejná at the Department of English, and will run from January 2019 until December 2020.
Aims of the postdoc research project:
Within the field of language variation and change, age is often approached as a social variable (social age), as well as being placed on a par with chronological age (as opposed to biological age). This is the general tendency, despite the multifaceted characteristics of age (e.g. Eckert 1997). So the first aim of the postdoc research project is to develop the appropriate methodology to conduct linguistic research that considers social age as the key variable, as opposed to chronological age.
Most likely because biological age is difficult to determine without obtaining biological data, the role of biological ageing on language variation and change has not received as much attention as, for example, biological sex (vis-à-vis social gender identity). The second aim of the postdoc position is to contrast biological and chronological age and establish whether the former has any effects on selected laryngeal phenomena. This will include collection and analyses of production data as well as collection of the speakers’ biomarkers (in collaboration with Gillian Pepper and Daniel Nettle, Centre of Behaviour and Evolution, Newcastle University, UK). The project will enable us to establish not only whether biological ageing is a factor relevant for at least some consonantal and vocalic changes, but also what the magnitude of this potential effect may be.
Qualifications:
- Eligible applicants for this position should hold a PhD degree or equivalent qualifications.
- Applicants must document the ability to conduct research using acoustic analyses within the field of phonetics and/or language variation and change (LVC).
- Candidates are expected to master the statistical methods used in phonetics and LVC.
- Experience of R is required.
- Experience of using articulatory equipment will be considered an advantage.
- Very good command of academic English in oral and written communication is required.
- Applicants should be interested in collaborative, interdisciplinary work.
- Applicants should also submit a description of one or two research projects in which the applicant has been involved, showcasing the type of questions and methodological approaches of which the applicant has experience (the applicant’s PhD project, for example).
- The description should be no more than three pages long.
The application and all the relevant documents must be submitted in English.
Please read the full announcement and apply online at:
http://www.au.dk/en/about/vacant-positions/scientific-positions/stillinger/Vacancy/show/980895/5283/Application Deadline: 31-Jul-2018
Web Address for Applications:
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