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foNETiks
A newsletter for
The International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
December 2011 -- ADDENDA
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Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK.
Gerry Docherty, Newcastle University, UK.
Shira Katseff, University of Canterbury, NZ.
Lisa Lim, The University of Hong Kong.
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PhD studentship in Language Speech and Hearing Sciences at University College London
Applications are invited for a 3-year MPhil/PhD studentship funded by the ESRC (UK Economic and Social Research Council). Research areas include speech, language and communication; acquisition of first and later-learned languages; experimental phonetics, linguistics and pragmatics; developmental and acquired language and communication disorders; and impacts of hearing impairments on language and speech. The studentship is subject to the ESRC’s nationality and residency restrictions, which typically require 3 years of prior UK residency.
Applications are due by 31 January 2012. Please follow the link below for further information.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/vacancies/esrcstudentship_2011
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PhD position on individual differences in speech perception ability (3.5 years)
Center for Language Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
As a Ph.D student you will participate in the project “What makes a good listener? Correlates of speech comprehension ability in young and older listeners”. This project is funded in the form of a VIDI Grant by the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research and directed by dr. Esther Janse.
General project description:
When listening to spoken language, people vary considerably in their listening proficiency, even if their objective hearing sensitivity is taken into account. This project attempts to identify which individual abilities predict speech-processing ability across a range of speech materials and in different listening conditions. The aim is to develop a new model of speech recognition in everyday listening.
PhD Project information: Individual differences in the perception of conversational speech.
This project intends to investigate how several aspects of conversational speech (such as articulation clarity and dysfluencies) interact with individual listener abilities in speech recognition.
Requirements:
You should have, or shortly expect to obtain, a high quality scientific degree in an area related to speech and hearing: such as psychology, cognitive neurosciences, or phonetics. You should have an excellent written and spoken command of English and demonstrable knowledge of data analysis. Further, you should be able to quickly learn new research methods and data analysis methods. Knowledge of Dutch is considered an advantage.
Conditions of employment:
You will be offered an initial contract for 18 months. Your performance will be evaluated after 18 months and if the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 24 months. The gross starting salary is € 2,042 per month based on full-time employment. This vacancy was advertised earlier this year in April/May. If you applied for this position at the time and were rejected, please do not apply again. Contract type: Temporary, 42 months (3.5 years) available as of 1 April 2012
For additional information, please go to: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/RUN/vacancy/12110/lang/en/
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