LINGUIST List 8.580
Thu Apr 24 1997
Jobs: Thai, Research posts
Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <seelylinguistlist.org>
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Amy WEINBERG, Consultant position in Thai linguistics
David Denison, Research posts
Message 1: Consultant position in Thai linguistics
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:24:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Amy WEINBERG <weinbergumiacs.umd.edu>
Subject: Consultant position in Thai linguistics
WANTED: Native Thai speaker with linguistics background for tasks
related to natural-language processing applications. Verification of
corpora for syllable, word, and sentence boundaries. Part-of-speech
labeling. Definition of rules to detect Thai syllable boundaries.
Definition of Thai grammar rules in a context-free format. Applicant
will work on a project sponsored by the University of Maryland's
Computational Linguistics and Information Processing Laboratory (CLIP).
This is a short term consulting position for which the applicant may
not have to relocate. Applicants should contact Professor Bonnie
Dorr ( bonnieumiacs.umd.edu).
University of Maryland
Message 2: Research posts
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:58:53 GMT0BST
From: David Denison <MFCEPDDfs1.art.man.ac.uk>
Subject: Research posts
[Submitted on behalf of Richard Hogg and Nigel Vincent:]
Richard Hogg and Nigel Vincent have two six-year research posts
for a project entitled "Archaism and Innovation in the Languages of
Europe". We are looking for recently-completed PhD students with a
specialism in the broad area of morphosyntactic change, one with an
interest in Germanic, the other with an interest in Romance.
Further details can be found on Richard Hogg's web site at:
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/english/staff/rmh/home.htm
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Richard M. Hogg Tel: +44(0)161 275 3164
Department of English Fax: +44(0)161 275 3256
and American Studies e-mail: r.m.hoggman.ac.uk
University of Manchester web:
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/english/staff/rmh/home.htm
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
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