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POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTSHIP
FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ON PHONETIC DETAIL
www.sound2sense.eu
A postdoctoral studentship is available within Sound to Sense (S2S), a
Marie Curie Research Training Network involving collaborative speech
research amongst 14 universities in 11 countries.
The position concerns:
Low-level processing in L2 speech perception (Project 6 of S2S)
The main objective of the project is to clarify the role of the various
factors in foreign accent perception via a tightly-linked series of
behavioural and computer modelling studies. More specifically, the position
involves:
(1) collecting corpora for foreign accent analysis from Czech and Spanish
speakers using English as their foreign language
(2) identification of the main phonetic correlates of foreign accent in
each language by phonetic analysis with other phoneticians in Prague and
Vitoria
(3) speech signal manipulation and re-synthesis in temporal, frequency and
intensity domains
(4) collecting data from experimental situations concerning listeners'
judgements
Qualifications: Experience in experimental phonetics, statistical analysis
and speech signal manipulation for experiments with human listeners is
desirable. Level of experience: EITHER you have a PhD and not more than 10
years' research experience since completing a master's degree, OR you have
no PhD, but between 4 and 10 years' research experience since completing a
master's degree.
For a more detailed description of the project see
http://www.sound2sense.eu/project/low-level-processing-in-l2-speech-perception/
Marie Curie fellows receive standard EU funding for the country of work,
together with allowances for relocation, language lessons etc. Due to EU
mobility rules, you cannot be appointed to a country of which you are a
citizen or to a country where you have lived for more than 12 of the last
36 months.
Application deadline: until a suitable person is found Appointments will
preferably start in May 2010 and must terminate on 30 April 2011. Main site
location: the University of Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain. Some visits to
Charles University, Prague.
APPLICATIONS (Curriculum Vitae including nationality and residence, 2
letters of reference, and statement of interest) should be submitted
electronically, preferably in pdf format, to the S2S Coordinator's
assistant, Naomi Hilton, [log in to unmask]
Contact Information:
Miss Naomi Hilton
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Phone:+44 (0)1223 760822
Fax:+44 (0)1223 335053
www.sound2sense.eu
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