18 months

Charles Sturt University - Bathurst (candidate may not be required to relocate to Bathurst)

The successful candidate will conduct research on language development in children. Specifically, the candidate will be appointed to work on an ARC grant (awarded to Dr Joanne Arciuli) entitled "To Stress or Not to Stress: A Cross-linguistic Investigation of Lexical Stress Using Corpus Analyses, Behavioural Testing and Computational Modelling." This project is being undertaken in conjunction with social scientists at the University of York, UK, under a new agreement between the ARC and the ESRC to encourage international collaboration.

The candidate will be expected to establish links with schools, construct appropriate behavioural tests and undertake testing with children aged 4-12. The candidate will be expected to analyse results and contribute to the writing of journal articles and presentations at conferences.

Essential

A PhD in psychology, linguistics, education or speech pathology (for appointment as Post Doctoral Fellow) - or at least, submission of PhD - and driver's license and own car are essential.

Contact

Dr Joanne Arciuli

jarciuli@csu.edu.au

0407108559