The Department of Translation and Language Sciences at Universitat
Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, announces a one year postdoctoral position
in semantics or the syntax/morphology-semantics interface associated with 
the project "Natural Language Ontology and the Semantic Representation
of Abstract Objects 2" starting no later than September 1, 2012, and possibly
earlier, depending on when the position is filled and the availability of the
successful candidate.

The ideal candidate will have a research specialization related to
at least one of the focal areas of the project: natural language ontology,
the semantics of adjectives, participles, or nominalization. Additional skills in 
corpus linguistic analysis would also be of interest. Job responsibilities
will primarily consist in contributing to the development of the project via
original research in one or more of these areas and in carrying out
supporting tasks related to the project. In principle, teaching is 
not required, though the candidate may be asked to help in the 
advising of graduate students or the organization of graduate seminars. 
Knowledge of Catalan or Spanish is not essential, though familiarity
with at least one Romance language would be useful. 

Applicants should send a CV, statement of research interests,
two sample publications, and the names and contact information for
two references, to Louise McNally (firstname.lastname@upf.edu) with
the subject line "postdoc". Review of applications will start immediately 
and continue until the position is filled. Inquiries about the 
project/position should be sent to the same address.

Universitat Pompeu Fabra is a reseach-oriented, highly international
institution. For more information about the university and the Department
of Translation and Language Sciences, see http://www.upf.edu.