LINGUIST List 9.252

Fri Feb 20 1998

Jobs: Studentships, Semantics/Pragmatics

Editor for this issue: Elaine Halleck <elainelinguistlist.org>

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  • Durham Linguistics, Studentships: University of Durham (UK)
  • James T. Myers, Semantics & Pragmatics

    Message 1: Studentships: University of Durham (UK)

     Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:22:52 +0000 (GMT)
    From: Durham Linguistics <Durham.Linguisticsdurham.ac.uk>
    Subject: Studentships: University of Durham (UK)


    ********* POSTGRADUATE STUDENTSHIPS ********* Department of Linguistics and English Language ********* University of Durham, UK *********

    Applications are invited for Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) MA studentships for 1998-1999. Candidates must be British or European Union residents and hold, or expect to hold, by October 1998, a minimum of an upper second class honours undergraduate degree or the equivalent.

    One guaranteed ESRC studentship is available:

    MA in Language Acquisition

    An additional studentship is available through national competition on any one of the following seven MA degrees in Applied Linguistics:

    MA in Applied Linguistics

    MA in Applied Linguistics with Reference to: ELT ESOL ESP ELT and Materials Development ELT, CALL and Educational Technology FLT (Spanish, French, German, Arabic or Japanese)

    All MA degrees can be completed in either 9-months/one-year (on a full-time basis) or up to 3 years (on a part-time basis).

    The Department of Linguistics and English Language is also recognised by the ESRC in the areas of Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition for the awarding of the PhD. (The department awards the PhD in theoretical linguistics as well.)

    For further information and application materials, contact:

    Dr. Martha Young-Scholten (MA Course Director) Department of Linguistics and English Language University of Durham Elvet Riverside II, New Elvet Durham DH1 3JT UK

    Tel.: +44 (0)191 374-2641 Fax: +44 (0)191 374-2685 E-mail: Durham.Linguisticsdurham.ac.uk WWW: http://www.dur.ac.uk/Linguistics/

    ******* ******* ******* The application deadline for 1998-99 ESRC studentships ******* ******* at either the MA or PhD level is 31 March 1998. ******* ******* *******

    Message 2: Semantics & Pragmatics

     Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 16:55:20 +0800 (CST)
    From: James T. Myers <lngmyersccunix.ccu.edu.tw>
    Subject: Semantics & Pragmatics


    ** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE **

    Tenure Track Position available at the Graduate Institute of Linguistics National Chung Cheng University

    The Graduate Institute of Linguistics at National Chung Cheng University in Chia-Yi, Taiwan, has a tenure track position in semantics and pragmatics available starting August 1, 1998. The position is open rank, but scholars who are qualified to be appointed at the rank of full professor are preferred. Candidates must have solid research records in Chinese linguistics. A background in corpus/computational linguistics is a plus. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand by June 1998 in order to be appointed to the position by August 1, 1998. Salary will be commensurate with rank and experience. The annual salary is about NT$964,000 for a first year assistant professor, NT$1,001,000 for a first year associate professor, and NT$1,178,000 for a first year full professor. (Previous teaching and research experience can be counted toward the salary scale in all three ranks.) Please send a letter of application, along with a C.V., a statement of research goals, three letters of recommendation, and copies of major publications to:

    James Tai, Professor and Director Graduate Institute of Linguistics National Chung Cheng University Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 621 Taiwan

    Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled, but preference will be given to applications received by March 31, 1998.

    (For more information on the Graduate Institute of Linguistics, please visit our website at http://www.ccunix.ccu.edu.tw/~linguist)