Hybrid Research Fellow bei University of Northumbria at Newcastle
University of Northumbria at Newcastle · Newcastle upon Tyne, Vereinigtes Königreich · Hybrid
- Junior
- Optionales Büro in Newcastle upon Tyne
You will support the Principal Investigator (Dr. Phillip Wallage) in delivery of research activity on the Leverhulme Research Project YES and NO: a diachronic approach to the syntax of polar responses.
- collection of linguistic data from corpora of Present-day and historical European languages
- development of appropriate methodologies for data collection and analysis, in collaboration with the Principal Investigator
- qualitative, quantitative and statistical analysis of Present-day and historical language data
- co-authorship of publications and conference papers, in collaboration with the Principal Investigator
- organisation of research networking events and workshops, in collaboration with the Principal Investigator
The role is fixed-term for 12 months at 0.6FTE (22.2 hours per week).
The project is the first systematic study of the histories of words for YES and NO in European languages. Analysing large-scale corpora of Present-day and historical languages, the project will provide the first comprehensive linguistic account of the origins and historical development of strategies used by European languages to say YES and NO. This study will help us to understand why languages say YES and NO in different ways and why certain words come to function as responses.
This Research Project is being delivered within the Language and Linguistics research group. We are part of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Language and Linguistics Research group comprises 12 academic staff pursuing a diverse range of research interests in theoretical and applied linguistics. We encourage you to participate fully in the activities of the research group, including our research seminar series. Information about the Language and Linguistics Research group is available online here
Applicants should hold a doctoral level qualification in Linguistics. You should have demonstrable specialist expert knowledge in corpus linguistics along with a good understanding of the fundamentals of syntactic theory. Experience of working with historical languages and European languages other than English may be an advantage.
Further information about the requirements of the role is available in the person specification.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact the Principal Investigator Dr. Phillip Wallage [email protected].
To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now'. Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.
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