<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:1204px"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:6cu" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem"><div id="gmail-:6cv" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><b>**** Closing date for applications: May 4th! ****</b><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">We are looking for a 2-year postdoc in identification and analysis of lexical semantic change using computational models applied to diachronic corpora.<br></div><div><div lang="x-unicode"><div lang="x-unicode"><p><span dir="ltr"><br>Our languages change over time. As a consequence, words may look the same, but have different meanings at different points in time, a phenomenon called lexical semantic change (LSC). To facilitate interpretation, search, and analysis of old texts, we build computational methods for automatic detection and characterization of LSC from large amounts of text. Our outputs will be used by the lexicographic R&D unit that compiles the Swedish Academy dictionaries, as well as by researchers from the humanities and social sciences that include textual analysis as a central methodological component.<br><br>We are looking for a researcher with an excellent scientific track record and a phd in a relevant area (for example, language technology/natural language processing, computer science, complex systems, mathematics, linguistics with experience in computational methods, or informational sciences).<br><br>The <a href="https://changeiskey.org/" target="_blank">Change is Key! program </a>and the<a href="https://languagechange.org/" target="_blank"> Towards Computational Lexical Semantic Change Detection</a> research project offer a vibrant, international research environment for this exciting and rapidly growing cutting-edge research field in NLP. There is a unique opportunity to contribute to the field of LSC, but also to humanities and social sciences through our active collaboration with international researchers in historical linguistics, analytical sociology, gender studies, conceptual history, and literary studies.<br><br>Come join us!</span></p><p><br><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 2 years <br>Extent: 100% <br>Location: Department of Swedish, Multilinguality, language technology, University of Gothenburg<br>First day of employment: 2022-08-01 or by agreement<br></span></span></p><p><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"></span><span dir="ltr"><a href="https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89bead79bb7258ad55c8d75228e5b7&job_id=24223" target="_blank">https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89bead79bb7258ad55c8d75228e5b7&job_id=24223</a></span></span></p><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap"></pre></div></div><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap">--
Nina N. Tahmasebi, Associate Professor
Språkbanken • Change is Key!
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