LINGUIST List 3.693

Tue 15 Sep 1992

Jobs: Psycholinguistics, Computational, Japanese

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1. Ken Wexler, Psycholinguistics at MIT
2. Erhard Hinrichs, Tuebingen: Computational Linguistics
3. , Opening in Japanese

	 FACULTY POSITION in PSYCHOLINGUISTICS at MIT

The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT seeks candidates
for a tenure track position in Psycholinguistics. A specialty in
sentence processing will be an asset. The candidate must show promise
of developing a distinguished research program in psycholinguistics that
includes human experimentation and must be a skilled teacher. He or she
will be expected to participate in the department's educational programs
in cognitive science at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Applications must include a brief cover letter stating the candidate's
research interests, a resume, and three letters of recommendation, which
must arrive by October 15, 1992. Address applications to: Professor
Kenneth Wexler, Chair, Psycholinguistics Search Committee, Dept. of
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, E10-020, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.
Qualified women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to
apply. MIT is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.

The Seminar f"ur Sprachwissenschaft (SfS) of the University of
T"ubingen (Federal Republic of Germany) invites applications for a nine-
month temporary position (with the possibility of renewal) at the level
of Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in the area of computational
linguistics. The starting date for the position is January 1, 1993.

Applicants with research experience in at least one of the following areas
are particularly encouraged to apply: generation, parsing, and
unification-based grammar formalisms.

Interested persons should send letter of application, curriculum vitae,
names of 2 referees, and one representative publication to:

Erhard W. Hinrichs
Seminar f"ur Sprachwissenschaft
Universit"at T"ubingen
Kleine Wilhelmstr. 113
D-W-7400 T"ubingen
Germany

For full consideration, applications should be received by October 31, 1992.

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale has an opening for a tenure-track
Assistant Professor of Japanese, area of specialization open. Can-
didates are expected to complete all requirements for the Ph.D. prior
to date of employment, 16 August 1993. Native/near-native fluency
in Japanese and English required, as well as knowledge of modern
Japanese culture and proven commitment to research. Experience in
business Japanese desirable. Duties include teaching undergraduate
courses in language, Japanese culture and business language, as well
as area of specialization. Apply by 9 November 1992 or until
filled to Margaret E. Winters, Chair, For. Lang., SIUC, Carbondale
Illinois 62901. Phone (618) 536-5571, e-mail ga3704siucvmb.bitnet.
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale is an Equal Opportunity/
Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged
to apply.