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[Gareth]

CENTRE FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE
Birkbeck College
University of London


RESEARCH ASSISTANTS AND SYSTEMS MANAGER

Applications are invited for four research and research-support 
positions in the Center for Speech and Language at Birkbeck College, 
to work on experimental and computational research into spoken 
language comprehension in normal and language-impaired populations, 
with Professors William Marslen-Wilson and Lorraine K. Tyler. All of 
these positions have a starting date of January 1st 1995, and three 
positions, funded by an MRC Programme Grant, are potentially five 
year appointments, to December 1999. The fourth position, funded by 
an ESRC project grant, is available for 3 years, until December 1997.

Position 1: Research Assistant
This position is to support current experimental and computational 
research into the representation and processing of lexical form, 
focussing on the phonological aspects of speech comprehension, and 
working with William Marslen-Wilson and Gareth Gaskell. Candidates 
should have a background in experimental psycholinguistics and 
linguistics. Experience in computational modelling using connectionist 
techniques would be an advantage. This MRC-funded position is 
available for five years from January 1995. Salary will be on the 1A 
scale (16075-19141 English pounds, inclusive of London Allowance).

Position 2: Research Assistant
This position is to support experimental research into language 
comprehension in normal and language-impaired populations, ranging 
from lexical access to syntactic parsing and semantic interpretation, and 
working primarily with Lorraine K. Tyler. Candidates should have a 
background in cognitive psychology and/or psycholinguistics, and 
clinical experience would be an advantage. This MRC-funded position 
is available for two years from January 1995, with a strong possibility of 
extension for a further three years. Salary will be on the 1A scale 
(16075-19141 English pounds, inclusive of London Allowance).

Position 3: Research Assistant
This position is to support computational and experimental research into 
the mental representation and processing of English inflectional and 
derivational morphology, working with William Marslen-Wilson and 
Mary Hare (at UCSD). Candidates should have a background in 
language and connectionism, with experience both of experimentation 
and modelling. This ESRC-funded post is available for three years from 
January 1995. Salary is expected to be on the 1A scale (16075-23087 
English pounds, inclusive of London Allowance).
 
Position 4: Half-time Systems Manager
Applications are invited for a half-time post supporting the computing 
needs of the Centre for Speech and Language. Applicants should have 
experience working with UNIX/C systems and PC/Mac-based 
networks. As well as supporting the research centre's computer 
network, the successful candidate will be responsible for the 
maintenance and possibly development of the experimental software 
used by the research group. An interest in Experimental Psychology 
would therefore be an advantage. The post would be suitable for 
someone wishing to pursue a part-time research degree within the 
research group or elsewhere in London. This MRC-funded position is 
tenable from January 1995, for up to five years. Salary is on the AR2 
scale at 9570 English pounds, including London Allowance.

To apply for any of these posts, send three copies of your CV, plus the 
names and addresses of 3 referees, to: Professor William Marslen-
Wilson, Department of Psychology, Birkbeck College, Malet St., 
London WCIE 7HX. Fax: (44)-(0)71-631-6312. Email: 
ubjta38 at cu.bbk.ac.uk. Please make clear which post you are applying 
for. 

Closing date for applications is October 14th, 1994