25 February: fyi -- corpus linguistics, Edinburgh
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School of Management & Languages
Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies
Job Title and Ref No Research Councils UK - Academic Fellow in BSL Corpus Linguistics - Ref 06/09/W
Grade/Salary £28,839 - £35,469 (subject to experience and qualifications)
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Closing Date 31 March 2009
The School of Management & Languages is seeking to appoint an Academic Fellow to undertake a new five-year project aimed at developing a British Sign Language (BSL) learners’ corpus. These prestigious Fellowships are awarded by RCUK subject to the institution guaranteeing an academic position following the end of the award.
The objectives of the BSL learners’ corpus are to better understand issues in BSL as second language learning process, and to inform the teaching of corpus-based language learning techniques to BSL language students.
The ideal candidate will have completed a PhD or a postdoctoral research project on a topic in corpus linguistics or computational linguistics, or a language-focussed topic in informatics or computer science. Such a candidate will have commensurate knowledge of research methods used for (sign) language data collection, coding and analysis, and have proportionate experience in dissemination via publications and presentations.
You will have a strong, demonstrable interest in linguistics and in BSL. Experience of working with corpus technology and tools, including annotation software and concordancers, is a distinct advantage for this position.
As RCUK Fellowships are designed to facilitate the building of long-term research careers, the appointee will be expected to engage actively in all aspects of continually reproducing a world-class research environment, including delivering such features of research culture as postgraduate research training and generating innovative collaboration and enhanced research income.
Teaching experience is essential and a familiarity with current issues in (sign) language pedagogy desirable for this position. Since outcomes are likely to be directed towards international application, and to the development of bilingual professional skills (eg for interpreting) in sign language and English, a demonstrable understanding of interpreting practice and sign language skills in BSL and/or another sign language will be an advantage. While this is a research position, the research site is an academic language teaching and learning environment, and you will contribute to teaching delivery as part of the role.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to take initiative and work independently whilst drawing upon supervision and the expertise of the project team. The appointee will carry significant responsibility for outreach to schools and other stakeholders as part of the University’s Public Engagement strategy and will play a part in establishing a platform for further BSL development in Scotland.
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Graham H. Turner g.h.turner@hw.ac.uk or +44 (0)131 451 4203.
Ref: 06/09/W
Closing date: 31 March 2009
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