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Mon 14 Oct 1991

Jobs: Socioling post-doc, Professor at Lausanne

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1. , Post-Doc at UCLA: Sociolinguistics
2. , PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS: LAUSANNE

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles CA 90089-1693.
Applications are invited for a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in the
Department of Linguistics, in the area of Sociolinguistics. This
is a non-tenure-track one-year appointment for the academic year
1992-93. Teaching duties include one course in each of two
semesters. The PhD must be in hand at the time of appointment
and must not have been awarded prior to September 1985. The
salary is approximately $27,500 with full faculty fringe
benefits. The deadline for applications is February 1, 1992.
Send applications (cv, statement of research interests, graduate
transcript, and 3 letters of reference) to Chair, Department of
Linguistics, 301 Grace Ford Salvatori Hall. USC is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

 The University of Lausanne (Switzerland) is looking for a
 PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
Candidates should preferably have an interest in one or more of the
following fields:
contrastive linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, sociolinguistics,
stylistics, English as an international or second language (other kinds of
linguists welcome). Part of the work is responsibility for (advanced)
English language training, but the bulk of the (6) teaching hours is
devoted to the linguistics of English.
Teaching is done in English, but a good knowledge of French is desirable.
The post includes administrative tasks within the Department of English.
REQUIREMENTS:
A Ph.D. and a good list of publications.
SALARY RANGE:
Sfr.130,683 p.a. (minimum)
Sfr.156,057 p.a. (maximum, after 10 years)
Deductions are as follows: contributions to pension fund, state pension
scheme and about 15-20% income tax. Benefits include 13th month salary and
family allowances (Sfr.1,680 per child under 16, Sfr. 2,340 per child aged
16 to 25 who is still at school).
STARTING DATE:
September 1, 1992 or other date to be agreed on. Winter semester classes
begin on about October 20.
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:
Teachers at the University of Lausanne are required to reside in the canton
of Vaud.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Applications, returnable by November 1, 1991, must include seven copies of
each of the following documents:
 - covering letter
 - CV
 - list of publications (please do not include publications themselves
 for the moment).
They must be sent to: Doyen de la Facult'e~N des Lettres, Universtie'~Ne de
Lausanne, BFSH 2, CH-1015 Lausanne.
Candidates who are shortlisted may be invited to deliver a 45 minute lecture,
followed by a discussion and an interview with members of the committee.