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Linguistics Career and Grad School Information Session for 3 rd and 4 th year students Sept. 28, 2011 SLaLS, Carleton University Schedule Postgraduate options for linguistics majors get a job related to linguistics teach English abroad
Attensity seeks a Computational Linguist to assist in the design, implemen‐ tation, and management of domain models and extraction technologies. This role focuses on the development of Attensity’s English extraction portfolio. Requirements of the Position: ‐ Apply theoretical Syntax, Semantic and Pragmatics expertise to complex, real‐world problems ‐ Create and maintain industry‐vertical domains consisting of dictionaries and entities ‐ Design and prototype new features and extraction patterns ‐ Assist in development of Attensity’s cutting edge parsing and extraction technologies Qualifications: ‐ 2 years experience working in computational linguistics or natural language processing ‐ Solid working knowledge of Morphology, Syntax and Semantics ‐ Experience with corpus analysis, esp. Social Media ‐ Track record of strong analytical and design skills [see linguistlist.org]
Lexicographer, Systran Software, Inc.
Encoding Korean terminology into Machine Translation system dictionaries.
Essential duties and responsibilities: ‐ Encode foreign language terminology according to specific conventions ‐ Keep track of dictionary improvements ; analyze and correct dictionary errors ‐ Compile data from foreign language text for determining the correct function and/or meaning of terms ‐ Test and document the results of periodic MT dictionary upgrades ‐ Assist other Linguistics Department personnel in a variety of research tasks. Education and/or Experience: Minimum of two years in a college or university or at least one year of work in an academic environment (e.g., college library, science lab, etc.). Language Skills: ‐ Native speaker of Korean; fluent spoken and written English ‐ Ability to identify parts of speech in English and Korean sentences ‐ Ability to understand and translate into English 100% of the sentences found in a major Korean newspaper (e.g., The Dong‐a Ilbo) [see linguistlist.org]
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
program is working with communities to document and sustain endangered languages and knowledge responsible for the overall management and administration of the program through planning projects, workshops, symposia, conferences, outreach (including website development), budget and fundraising/ development activities will create long‐term partnerships with communities world‐wide and will foster collaborations built upon community engagement background (Ph.D. preferred) in anthropology, linguistics, human geography or related fields, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to language endangerment or endangered knowledge systems
[see linguistlist.org]
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