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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 16:20:25 -0700 (PDT)
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the SESQUIPEDALIAN Volume VI, No. 5
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Martin Heidegger born* October 26, 1995
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The delivery may be free, but some take-out menu items aren't appetizing
Mayor Giuliani's obsession with quality-of-life issues has yet to
target menus, those invasive pamphlets that slither under your door.
Perhaps when he does get around to it, he can also forward these
typo-ridden beauts to the new school's chancellor. Some of the more
intriguing entries, all taken from genuine menus:
Soft bean curb
Mood shoo pork
Skin milk
Meal loaf
Shredded park
Fried chicken cracking
Stuffed long life bean tread
Steamed grandma recipes
Lentil and four crips
Creaky Chicken
Assorted colds: for 10 people
Hot lover chicken
Hollow vegetable with garlic
Flamed water spinach
Gingle & scallion soft noodle
The descriptions of each dish don't always help, either. Consider:
Waterchestnuts wrapped in Shangai skin
A traditional Thai fried rice served on the trains
Mushrooms, snow peas & watercress on the bed
Served in delicious, tenuous, tangerine sauce
Barbecued in the manner of Thai boxing ring
[Time Out New York, October 4th, by Kathy Passero (reprinted without
permission)]
Submitted by Tom Wasow
-/-\-/ LOOK WHO'S TALKING /-\-/-
-- Rudi Gaudio presented his talk 'Boys to Women: How (and Why) Male
Adolescents Learn to Talk Like Women in Hausa' at Africa Table, the
Center for African Studies' lunchtime discussion series, on October
11.
-- RUTH WODAK will be lecturing in the German Dept. Reading Room on
Monday, October 30, at 2.15 pm. Topic: 'Discourses of National
Identity: Austria and the European Union.'
-- ERRATA 2: Jennifer Rothblatt, our one-and-only linguistics MA
student, was mistakenly omitted from the list of presenters at the
recent NWAV conference in Philadelphia (for more on NWAV, see the
Sociolinguistics Rap heading below).
-\-/-\ LINGUISTICS COLLOQUIUM \-/-\-
Stanford Linguistics Department Colloquium
Friday, Oct. 27, 3:30 pm.
Geoffrey K. Pullum
University of California, Santa Cruz
A new headed morphological structure in English
(and the demise of a mythical contraction rule)
For a quarter of a century there has been controversy in the
literature of generative grammar about alleged syntactic constraints
on the contraction rule that realizes certain sequences of verb plus
infinitival "to" as portmanteau forms like "wanna", "hafta", and
"gonna". Most notably, it has been claimed that the distribution of
such forms confirms claims that movement operations in syntax leave
traces. It has occasionally been suggested that a better account
might be given in lexical or morphological terms, but no such
treatment has been fully elaborated, and the simple suggestion that
the contracted forms in question have been "lexicalized" has
morphological consequences that are thoroughly unacceptable. In this
talk, based on joint research with Arnold Zwicky, I show how an
analysis more seriously grounded in morphological theory can provide a
fully satisfactory theory of the syntax, morphology, and phonology of
the items involved. All the syntactic evidence that has ever been
brought to bear on the issues becomes completely tractable under this
account, giving it a coverage that none of the syntactic proposals,
pro-trace or anti-trace, ever achieved. And in addition, the
morphological and phonological puzzles about the forms in question
also submit to satisfying solutions.
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Reception follows.
For directions and a complete list of colloquia, see
http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/~kessler/colloq/
-/-\-/ PHONOLOGY WORKSHOP /-\-/-
Building Blocks for a Numerical Model of Intonation
Arman Maghbouleh
Stanford University
Date: Thursday, 26th October 1995, 7:30 pm
Place: Room 146, Margaret Jacks Hall
Even though duration is one of the prime acoustic correlates of intonation,
it is not trivial to assign intonational function (e.g., emphasis) to
observed duration values because duration is crucially affected by many
factors other than intonation. For example, even though greater length is
associated with greater emphasis, one can not compare the segment durations
in the words "bead" and "bet" and assign greater emphasis to the longer
word. Such simple comparisons are not possible because it can be shown that
given the same emphasis, the two words will have differing durations. For
example, it can be shown that the /i/ in "bead" is inherently longer than
the /e/ in "bet". That is, the /i/ is pronounced with greater length than
the /e/ in the same context with same perceived emphasis. Furthermore,
vowels before voiced stops such as /d/ are pronounced with greater length
than vowels before unvoiced stops such as /t/. Therefore, the greater
length in "bead" may be due to segmental factors and not a reflection of
greater emphasis. In order to isolate intonation-related contributions to
duration, one needs to know precisely how the various factors interact.
The interaction of the various durational factors is of
interest not only to linguists but also to other speech scientists who
have devised duration models for use in speech synthesis and speech
recognition applications. In this talk, I will provide an overview of
the various duration models, before describing the implementation of a
variant of the model described in van Santen 1992. The new model was
trained and tested on the Boston University Radio News Corpus and on
the average, the predicted duration values were 31 milliseconds off
from the actual durations. The model was then modified for the task of
identifying points of emphasis given duration values, energy values,
and segmental context. The new model acheives 87% accuracy in locating
pitch accents. This model improves on previous work (Wightman &
Ostendorf 1994) by achieving slightly higher accuracy rates with many
fewer training requirements.
This work is part of a larger attempt to devise a numerical
representation of intonation which unlike current phonological
representations can be easily extracted from speech data and turned
back into speech data without loss of any of the nuances present in
the original speech.
References
van Santen, J. P. H. (1992) Contextual effects on vowel duration. Speech
Communication, Vol. 11(6) pp. 513-46.
Wightman, C. W. and Ostendorf, M. (1994) Automatic labeling of prosodic
patterns. IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing.
-\-/-\ DISCOURSE GROUP \-/-\-
Wednesday November 1st
7:30 p.m. in 460-146
Light refreshments will be served
FROM HYPOTHETICAL TO GIVEN AND BEYOND:
PRAGMATICS OF SPANISH 'SI' IN INDEPENDENT CLAUSES
Scott Schwenter
Stanford University
Several strands of recent research on conditionals have attempted
to describe and explain extensions of the canonical "if X, then Y" uses of
these sentences. One approach looks at sentences with conditional meaning
but not conditional form (Haiman 1986; Traugott 1994). Another has focused
on sentences with conditional form but not conditional meaning (Fillmore
1990; Sweetser 1990, 1994). And a third approach looks at the uses of
independent clauses with conditional form in their discourse context (Fujii
1995; Montolio Duran 1993).
This paper contributes mainly to the third strand of research. The
focus is the novel use of independent clauses marked by si 'if' in Spanish,
as found in conversational data from Peninsular dialects. These clauses
have the same form as conditional protases in Spanish, but their meaning
and function are quite different. Instead of marking a hypothetical
proposition that postulates a frame for the interpretation of the apodosis,
the si-clauses of interest here often present propositions which are
factual in the real world, as exemplified in (1):
(1) F: Espero que lleguen sin problemas.
'I hope that they arrive safely.'
L: Hombre, si ya han llegado.
'Man, SI they've already arrived.'
As in (1), these uses of si typically occur in dyadic structures, where the
si-marked utterance constitutes a response to an immediately prior
utterance. The function of the si-marked utterance centers on correcting or
modifying underlying pragmatic presuppositions that have arisen (or been
evoked/inferred) in conversation. In (1), F's "hope" presupposes that the
people in question have not yet arrived. L's response is an attempt to
correct this misguided presupposition: the people have already arrived, so
there's no longer any need to hope that they do so safely.
Besides real-world facts, these si-marked utterances can also index
speaker opinion and attitude towards a prior utterance, offering a
metalinguistic comment about the form/content of that utterance:
(2) R: Ese tio esta mas bueno.
'That guy is so good-looking.'
A: iAnda ya! si es mas feo que Picio.
'Come on! SI he's uglier than sin.'
Here, A's response implies that "everyone knows that guy is ugly" and thus
indexes R's statement as false and questions R's ability to assess people's
looks; it is tantamount to saying that R is "blind". Notice that what is
marked by si in (2) is not a real-world fact as in (1) but rather A's
subjective opinion. Nevertheless A presents this opinion as if it were a
given fact whose truth cannot be disputed.
A comparison of these "given" uses of independent si-clauses with
si-clauses in sentences with conditional form reveals some subtle
differences in their semantics and pragmatics. While both speech-act and
epistemic conditionals can be said to contain presupposed protasis content
(Sweetser 1990), it appears that only speech-act conditionals can provide a
model for the "given" uses exemplified above. Furthermore, these "given"
uses reflect an extension of the meaning of Spanish si on the epistemic
scale proposed for conditionals by Akatsuka (1985), and demonstrate that
this scale needs to be expanded to include more subjective uses that the
speaker judges to be factual, like (2) above. In sum, Spanish independent
si-clauses provide an interesting example of a discourse structure that has
clear connections to formally similar conditional protases, but in addition
performs functions that seem to be well beyond the sphere of conditionals.
-\-/-\ SOCIOLINGUISTICS RAP \-/-\-
A Sociolinguistics Rap Session (our equivalent of Phonology
Workshop, Social Syntax Supper and the like) will be held this coming
Monday, October 30, at 6.30 pm in the Manzanita Multi Purpose room,
which is a part of the Kimball Hall. (Kimball Hall is on Escondido
Road, second building on the right as one heads West from Campus
Drive, towards Meyer library. The dining complex is directly behind
Kimball Hall itself.) Dinner is available in the dining hall itself
from 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm, and John Rickford is willing to treat
everyone to food and drinks if they meet in the Kimball Hall lobby at
6.00 pm.
The focus of this week's rap session will be the recently
concluded NWAVE24 meeting (New Ways of Analyzing Variation in
language) held at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to
talking about the key issues and controversies which emerged in papers
from this meeting, we will exchange extra handouts and book order
forms, and be treated to a presentation of the paper by Carmen
Lizardi-Rivera (newly appointed at the Dept of Foreign Languages at
San Jose State University) which most of us missed because we were
simultaneously attending Renee Blake's paper.
Carmen's paper is entitled, "On the hypothesis of permeable
adult syntactic systems" and examines evidence from French, Spanish
and Portuguese to address the question of whether adults seem capable
of incoporating syntactic changes in their system, as they seem to be
able to do for lexical variables but not phonetic/phonological ones.
The paper also discusses the role of discourse in syntactic variation.
-\-/-\ CALL FOR PAPERS \-/-\-
-- KANSAS WORKING PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS:
Number 1: General Linguistics
Number 2: Studies in Native American Languages
Deadline: January 20, 1996
The editors of Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics will produce two
numbers of Volume 21, 1996. We welcome submissions of papers on all
topics in the field of linguistics and closely related disciplines for
Number 1. Papers dealing with native languages of the Americas will be
selected for Number 2. Since we are a working paper, publication in
KWPL does not preclude later publication elsewhere of revised versions
of papers. Submissions should be in good readable form (double or 1.5
spaced), not necessarily final copies. Student papers are encouraged.
Please send papers or inquiries to this address:
Editors, KWPL
Linguistics Department
427 Blake Hall
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66045
e-mail: LGSA@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
-\-/-\ JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS \-/-\-
(REDUNDANCY NOTICE: For fuller listings of these and other jobs, don't
forget to check the Jobs binder in the Greenberg Room, and the file
'jobslist.txt' on the CSLI directory /user/linguistics.)
-- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES: The Department of Modern
Languages and Literatures at California State University, Los Angeles
/ 2 tenure-track position / 1. Japanese 2. Chinese. Must have Ph.D.
or A.B.D. in Japanese or Chinese. Submit letter of application, CV, 3
letters of recommendation, and dossier with transcripts to:
Dr. Joseph Chrzanowski, Chair
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032-8112
Deadline: December 8, 1995
-- CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: The Department of Modern Language at
Carnegie Mellon University / (2) tenure- track positions at the
assistant professor level to begin in the fall of 1996. Preference
will be given to candidates whose language of specialization is
French, German or Spanish. Must have Ph.D. in a foreign language,
second language acquisition, linguistics, psychology or anthropology;
a strong publicate in and research record with potential for outside
funding; and evidence of effective undergraduate teaching. Send a
letter of application , CV, copies of publications, and the names and
addresses of five prospective references to :
Chair, SLA search Committee
Department of Modern Languages
Baker Hall 160
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Deadline: November 15, 1995
-- CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: Tenure-track position in applied
English linguistics with emphasis on English grammar, ESL and TESOL at
the rank of assistant professor. Ability to teach Old Engkish and
History of English preferred. Send application and complete dossier
to:
Francis Molson, Chair
Dept. of English Language and Literature
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
Reviewing of applications start: November 23
For more info, contact: Peter H. Fries
Dept of English
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
e-mail: Peter.H.Fries@cmich.edu
fax :(517)774-7106
-- EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: The Department of English Language and
Literature at the Eastern Michigan University / a tenure-track
assistant professor in phonology and sociolinguistics. Must have Ph.D.
in hand by the time of the appointment. Send letter of application,
complete dossier, and a sample of your recent work to:
Helen Aristar Dry
Linguistics Program
Dept. of English Language and Literature
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Mi, 48103
-- FORSCHUNGSSCHWERPUNKT ALLGEMEINE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT (RESEARCH
CENTER FOR GENERAL LINGUISTICS): The Research Center for General
Linguistics at Berlin / a two year half-time research position will be
available beginning of November (or later). With specialization in
phonology/syntax interface. Must have a M.A. in Linguistics. Send
letter of application and CV to :
Dr. T.A. Hall
Forschungsschwerpunkt Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Jaegerstr. 10/11
10117 Berlin, Germany
Email : Ursula@fas.ag-berlin.mpg.de.
-- FUKUI UNIVERSITY: The Department of English at Fukui University /
Associate Professor or Lecturer, starting April 1, 1996.
Qualifications are: Master's degree , Native speaker of English, and
35 years old or below. Send CV, Certified copy of post-graduate
diploma, Medical certificate signed by a certified doctor, list of
publications, copies of the publications, a precis for each of the 3
major publications, and 2 letters of recommendation to:
Takasi Chiba, Dean
Faculty of Education
Fukui University
3-9-1, Bunkyo
Fukui-shi, 910 Japan
Deadline: October 31, 1995
-- GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: The Linguistics Department at the Georgetown
University / Asst. Prof. Ethnographic Discourse Analysis/joint appt.
w/ling. Dept. & new MA programin communication, Culture, & Technology.
Ph.D prior to appointment. Sendletter of application, CV,
representative publications, names, mail and e-mail addresses and phone
numbers of 3 references to:
Search Committee
Linguistics Department
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20057
Deadline: December 1, 1995
-- HARVARD UNIVERSITY: The Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
at the Harvard University / Asst.Prof. of Slavic
Linguistics/entry-level position to begin Sept. 1996.
Preferspecialization in modern generative approaches to Slavic
grammar. Ph.D. and native or near-native Russian and English are
requied. Five-year ladder appointment. Send letter of application, CV,
and at least 3 confidentialrecommendations to:
Prof. Michael S. Flier
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
301 Boylston Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Deadline: November 15, 1995
-- HARVARD UNIVERSITY: The Department of Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations at the Harvard University / Lecturer in Modern Arabic
Language begining September, 1996. Must have experience in teaching
all levels of MSA and able to conduct upper level courses in Arabic.
Send letters of application, CV, and references to:
Dr. William Granara
Arabic Language Search Committee
CMES
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Deadline: January 15, 1996
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY: The Department of Linguistics at Harvard
University has been authorized to make an appointment at the senior
level (tenured full professorship), effective July 1, 1996.
Candidates are expected to provide a distinguished record of
publication and teaching in historical linguistics, a strong
commitment to current theoretical concerns, and active engagement in
the professional life of the field. Send CV, including a complete
bibliography, before December 1, 1995 to
Prof. Michael S. Flier, Chairman
Dept. of Linguistics
Harvard University
77 Dunster Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
-- INHA UNIVERSITY: 16 native instructors of English for Freshman
English Conversation are being sought out. MA/BA in TESL/EFL
recommended, not required. Salary ranges from $21,500 to $23,500.
One year appointment, with available renewal upnn review. Medical
insurance covered, apartment provided. Send application with a CV, a
copy of passport photo page, diploma, and three references to:
Prof. Hong, B U
Director of Language Center
Inha University
Inchon 402-751 Korea
v-mail:(032)860-8270, 8271, 8272
fax :(032)863-1333
e-mail:buhong@dragon.inha.ac.kr
-- INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND PHILOLOGY, ACADEMIA SINICA: The
Linguistics Division of the Institute of History and Philology,
Academic Sinica / a research positions leading toward tenure track
posts. Must be a citizens of the Republic of China and have
specialization on phonology, semantics, Chinese dialect studies, and
Chinese Minority languages. Send a vitae, transcripts from graduate
school, an abstract of the dissertation, and 3 letters of
recommendation to:
Dr. Chiu-yu Tseng, Head
Linguistics Division
Institute of History and Philology
Academia Sinica
Taipei 115, Taiwan ROC
e-mail: hscyt@ccvax.sinica.edu.tw
Deadlines: Oct. 31, 1995
Mar. 31, 1996
-- IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY: The Department of English and the Program in
Linguistics at Iowa State University / a tenure-track position at the
assistant professor level beginning August 20, 1996. Must have
experience in applied linguistics, with expertise and publication
record in discourse analysis/pragmatic and experience in using
technology innovatively in language teaching/research. Ph.D.
required. Salary range $33-35,000. Send letter of application
including a statement of research and teaching interests, CV, and the
names and addresses of 3 referees to :
Dale H. Ross, Chair
Dept. of English
203 Ross Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011.
Deadline for applications: December 1, 1995. Interviews at MLA and/or
LSA.
-- MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY: The Linguistics Department at Montclair
State University / Linguistics/Applied Linguistics/Full-time
tenure-track begining in September 1996. Must have Ph.D. in
Linguistics. At least 1 year of university teaching and a demonstrated
research record. Send cover letter, CV, and 3 letters of
recommendation to:
Dr. ALice F. Freed, Acting Chair
Linguistics Department
Montclair State University
Box C316, V - 1
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Deadline: November 27, 1995
-- NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY: The department of Languages and
Linguistics at New Mexico State University / Assistant Professor of
Spanish / Tenure track. Ph.D must in hand by August 1996. Teach
methodology and related courses in pedagogy and lowe division Spanish
courses. Send Cover letter, CV with three letters of reference to:
Spanish Search Committee Chair,
Department of Languages and Linguistics
Box 30001, Dept. 3L
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Deadline: November 15, 1995
-- NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY: The Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures at the National Chiao Tung University/ Assistant
professorship in 1. Anglo-American literature 2. Computational
linguistics,cognitive linguistics. Starting August 1996, must have
Ph.D.; Send letters of application, brief statements of current
research, CV, to:
Professor Shu-chen Chiang
Chair, Dept. of Foreign Lang. & Lit.
1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu
Taiwan 30050, R.O.C.
Deadline: Feb. 1st., 1996
For inquiry, please contact the department:
Email: cptsai@cc.nctu.edu.tw
-- NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY: The Department of English at the
Northern Arizona University / Assistant Professor (tenure-track) for
applied linguist. Specialization in SecondLanguage Acquisition. Must
be Ph.D. by August 1, 1996. Send vita, 2-3 samplepublications, and 3
professional letters of reference along with names andtelephone
numbers of referees to:
Chair, SLA Search Committee
English Department, Box 6032
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6032
Deadline: November 15, 1995
-- THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: The Department of Spanish and Portuguese
/ Assistant Professor of Spanish with specialization in
Sociolinguistics/Spanish in the U.S.A. This position requires solid
background in one or more core areas of theoretical linguistics:
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics. Salary commensurate with
experience. Send letter, CV, three recent letters of reference, and
one sample publication or dissertation chapter to:
Stephen Summerhill, Chair
Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
The Ohio State University
266 Cunz Hall
1841 Millikin Road
Columbus, OH. 43210-1229
Deadline: By October 31, 1995
-- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: The Department of East Asian Languages and
Cultures at Rutgers University / an initial three-year tenure track
assistant professor in Korean language, literature, or culture to
begin September 1, 1996. Must be a native or near- native in the
language, Ph.D. at the time of appointment. Send resume, three letters
of recommendation and samples of scholarly writing to:
Korean Search Committee
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Rutgers University
Scott Hall
College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Deadline: December 1, 1995
why they would like the post and the ways in which they think they are
suitable for it to:
Dr. Elena Lieven
The Department of Psychology
University of Manchester
M13 9PL
Deadline: October 17, 1995
Informal Enquiries to: Dr. Lieven on 0161-275-2580
-- THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: The Program in Lingusitics at the
University of Michigan / a faculty position in syntax at the
assistant(tenure-track) beginning fall, 1996.Must be a Ph.D. by the
time of appointment. Send a letter of application,CV, one
representative publication, and three letters of recommendationto:
Professor Marilyn Shatz, Director
Program in Linguistics
The Unviersity of Michigan
1076 Frieze Building
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1285
Deadline: December 1, 1995
-- THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: The program in Linguistics at the
University of Michigan / one year position as visting assistant
professor in phonology and phonetics, beginning January,1996. Must be
a Ph.D. by the start of the appointment. Send a letterof application,
CV, one representative publication, and three letters of
recommendation to:
Professor Marilyn Shatz, Director
Program in Linguistics
THe University of Michigan
1076 Frieze Building
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1285
Deadline: November 1, 1995
-- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Tenure-teack appointment in Arabic language
and culture. Must hold the Ph.D. degree and be able to teach
undergraduate, and graduatecourses in Arabic language and linguistics
and also teach courses that treat the language as a social and
cultural phenomenon. Identify research interests within language-
and-culture studies, and describe the lecture courses they can and
wish to teach. Send a CV, including biography, as well as no more
than threee samples of their scholarly research to:
Chair
Arabic Language and Culture Search Committee
Dept of Near Eastern Studies
3074 Frieze Building
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor. MI 48109-1285
-- THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO: The Department of Spanish and
Portuguese at the University of New Mexico / a tenure-track assistant
professor level in Spanish Applied Linguistics. Must completed Ph.D.
by August 19, 1996. Send a letter of interest, CV, sample of scholarly
work, teaching evaluations, and five letters of reference to:
Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Chair
Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1146
Deadline: November 6, 1995
-- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD: The University of Oxford, England / chair of
Romance Languages beginning October 1, 1996. Send application and
three reference to:
Registrar
University Offices
Wellington Square
Oxford OX1 2JD, UK
Deadline: November 13, 1995
-- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: The Department of Linguistics at the
University of Pennsylvania/ a tenure- track position in Phonology at
the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning July 1, 1996. Must have
Ph.D. at the time of application. Send a cover letter, vita,
representative work, 3 letters of recommendation to:
Phonology Search Committe
Department of Linguistics
619 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-630
The deadline for applications is NOVEMBER 15.
E-mail: gene@unagi.cis.upenn.edu.
-- THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND: The Department of English at The
University of Aukland, New Zealand / Lectureship in Linguistics. Must
have a Ph.D. in Linguistics and some experience of university
teaching. Starting June 30, 1996. Details regarding this position
please contact:
Academic Appointments Office
Attn: Pam Fegan
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland, New Zealand
Phone: ++64 9 373-7599, ext. 5790
Fax: ++64 9 373-7023
e-mail: appointments@auckland.ac.nz
Deadline: Nov. 30, 1995
Vacancy # : UAC.640
-- UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: Department of Asian Language and
Literature of University of Washington / Assistant Professor / A
tenure-track appointment for 1996-97 / in the area of Korean Language
and Literature. Must have the Ph.D. degree. Send application, CV,
statement of research interests, and three letters of recommendation
to:
Korean Search Committee
University of Washington
Department of Asian Languages and Literature
Mail Box 353521
Seattle, WA 98195-3521
Deadline: December 1, 1995
-- WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, VANCOUVER CAMPUS: The English
Department of the Washington State University / an assistant professor
of English, with emphasis in theory of computer-mediated communication
and writing center direction. Ph.D. in English or related field by
8/1/96 is required. Send letter of application, vita, dossier or three
letters of recommendation, and publications or dissertaion chapter to:
Prof. Carol Siegel
English Department
Washington State University
Vancouver, WA 98663-3597
Deadline: November 10, 1995
-- YALE UNIVERSITY: The Department of Anthropology at the Yale
University / assistant professor beginning July 1, 1996 in linguistic
anthropology. Ph.D. required, Submit a statement of teaching and
research interests along with CV , including names of references to:
Chair, Search Committee (Longuistics)
Department of Anthropology
P.O. Box 208277
New Haven, CT 06520-8277
Deadline: December 15, 1995
-- UCONN: The Department of Linguistics at the University of
Connecticut anticipates a tenure-track position beginning in the Fall
semester of 1996, at the rank of Assistant, or Associate, or Full
Professor. Salary is negotiable. Ph. D. is required by the time
duties begin. We are interested in candidates with specialization in
experimental phonetics and phonological theory. Applicants whose
research interests interact well with those of the current faculty are
especially sought. Applicants should be prepared to teach in the area
of their specialization at the graduate and undergraduate level, as
well as more general linguistics courses at the undergraduate level.
Applicants should send a complete dossier (letter of
application, curriculum vitae, samples of work in progress or
published, description of courses prepared to teach, and teaching
evaluations if available) and at least three letters of recommendation
to Phonetics/Phonology Search Committee, University of Connecticut,
Department of Linguistics U-145, 341 Mansfield Road, Room 230, Storrs
CT 06269-1145. email: LINQADM@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU
phone: (860) 486-4229
fax: (860) 486-0197
Applications received by January 1, 1996 will be given
preference in the screening process. Applications will be accepted
until the position is filled.
-- CORNELL: The new Dept. of Modern Languages (DML) at Cornell has a
tenure-track position open to begin in August 1996 for an assistant
professor or beginning associate professor. The position is in APPLIED
LINGUISTICS and EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES, with preference for strong
credentials in either CHINESE or JAPANESE. The subfield within applied
linguistics is open. Fluency in either Chinese or Japanese is
essential, an interest in other Asian languages is a plus, but not
necessary. The candidate will teach courses in applied linguistics and
will be expected to help develop new curriculum in this area. The
candidate will work with the faculty of the DML in governance of our
language programs in Asian languages, and will work with graduate
students in the doctoral program in linguistics (including students in
applied linguistics). Previous experience in language teaching is
essential, and experience working with non-tenure track language
teaching staff as well as graduate teaching assistants is desirable.
Strong credentials in research and publications are also essential.
Send letter of application, CV and any supporting documentation, and
three letters of recommendation to: Linda Waugh, Chair, Dept. of
Modern Languages, Morrill Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
14853. Materials received by early December will be given top
priority, but we would like to hear from interested candidates as soon
as possible. We expect to be conducting interviews at the MLA and LSA.
Cornell is an AA/EO Employer.
-- SJSU: Developmental reading and writing, Teaching English as a
second language. Extensive experience in teaching
composition/reading, including developmental reading and writing.
Demonstrated excellence in teaching composition/reading at the
undergraduate leveL Awareness of and sensitivity to the educational
needs of a multicultural population. Preference given to those active
in professional development. Teach undergraduate courses in
developmental leading and writing. Hold regular office hours. Work
cooperatively with program coordinators and staff. Participate in
assessment and evaluation activities.
Please submit a letter of application, current curriculum
vitae, a transcript of graduate course work, three letters of
recommendation, and teaching evaluations to:
Dr. Denise Murray, Chair
Department of Linguistics and Language Development
San Jose State University
San Jose CA 95192-0893
These positions will remain open until filled, but please reply before
January 15, 1996.
-- NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: The Department of Linauistics at New York
University invites applications for a visiting assistant professor
position in phonology, pending final budgetary approval for 1996-97.
Responsibilities include the teaching of graduate and undergraduate
courses. We are especially interested in research on Asian and
African languages and a demonstrated interest in the interaction of
phonetics and phonology.
Interested applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum
vitae, the names of three references, and a sample of work to:
Phonology Search Committee
Department of Linguistics
719 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York University
New York, NY 10003
Deadline for submission is January 15, 1996. If you will be available
for an interview at the LSA Sleeting in January, please note that in
your letter of application. Queries via e-mail may be addressed to
John Singler at singler@is2.nyu.edu
-- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK: The Linguistics Department
at the University of Maryland invites applications fur a tenure-track
assistant professorship in phonology beginning August 1996. Applicants
for the position should already have a PhD or expect to have one by
next August, should be prepared to teach courses at both the
undergraduate and graduate level, and should have a solid foundation
in linguistic theory. We especially encourage applicants who share the
department's interest in the psychology of language. Teaching
experience at the university level is also highly desirable.
Letters of application should be sent to Professor Stephen Crain,
Linguistics Department, 14C1 Marie Mount Hall, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20742. Letters should indicate whether applicants
plan to attend the January LSA meeting in San Diego. Applicants should
send a current cv and a sample of work for the selection committee to
read; and they should arrange to have three letters of reference sent.
For best consideration, applications should arrive by December 1,
1995. EO/AAE.
-- SJSU: Lecturer in Linguistics and Language Development (Part-time).
APPOINTMENT DATE: August 25, 1996. QUALIFICATIONS: Degree in
Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, or related field. Ph.D. preferred.
Demonstrated excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level.
Awareness of and sensitivity to the educational needs of a
multicultural population. Preference given to those engaged in
scholarly activities. RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach courses in linguistics,
TESOL, or general education. Hold regular office hours. Work
cooperatively with other faculty and staff. Please submit a letter of
application, current curriculum vitae, a transcript of graduate course
work, three letters of recommendation, and teaching evaluations to:
Dr. Denise Murray, Chair
Department of Linguistics and Language Development
San Jose State University
San Jose CA 95192-0093
These positions will remain open until filled, but please reply before
January 15, 1996.
BRIEFS:
-- Univ. of TX: Austin, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, tenure-track
Assistant Professor in Spanish linguistics. Deadline 15 November.
-- Univ. of TX: Austin, Dept. of Linguistics, tenure-track Assistant
Professor, specialist in phonetics. Deadline 1 December.
-- Montclair St. Univ: New Jersey, Linguistics Dept., tenure-track position
for phonology and/or syntax, strong background in theoretical linguistics.
Deadline 27 November.
-- Univ. of UT; Dept. of Languages and Literature, and the Linguistics
Program, two tenure-track positions in applied linguistics. Assistant or
Associate Professor to develop a Bilingual Education/ESL K-12 teacher
training pogram. Assistant Professor to train and supervise TAs. Deadline 1
December.
(REDUNDANCY NOTICE: For fuller listings of these and other jobs, don't
forget to check the Jobs binder in the Greenberg Room, and the file
'jobslist.txt' on the CSLI directory /user/linguistics.)
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PILLOW TALK: 'On 1 July at 8 am, by my watch, it was 4 minutes past 8
am by my clock. I went to Greenwich and, when my watch said noon, the
true GMT was 5 minutes past noon. That evening, when my watch said 6
o'clock, my clock said 1 minute to 6 pm.
'On 30 July, at 9 am by my watch, it was 3 minutes to 9 by my
clock. At Greenwich, when my watch said 10 minutes past noon, the
true GMT was 5 minutes past 12. That evening, when my watch said 7
pm, the clock said 2 minutes to 7 pm.
'My watch is only wound up for each journey and goes uniformly
during any one day; the clock is always going and goes uniformly. How
am I to know when it is true noon on 31 July?'
(This problem was composed by Lewis Carroll in 1889. Solve it for
this week's insta-prize, but be warned-- Carroll worked the answer out
to minute fractions of a second!)
Solution to LIFE LINE: 'In a fight between you and the world, bet on
the world.'
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