Japanese-Speaking, Hindi-Speaking and English-Speaking Research Assistant for Crosslinguistic Study of Child Language Acquisition (3 Posts)

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Institute Of Psychology, Health and Society

You will be involved in a large international research project (funded by the European Research Council) investigating the mechanisms by which children learning Japanese, Hindi and English acquire their native language; focussing particularly on sentence structure. You should have a First or 2:1 degree (or non-UK equivalent) in Psychology, Linguistics or relevant discipline, speak Japanese/Hindi/English to a native (or near-native-like) level, with experience of working with children (ideally as young as 3). Experience of conducting experimental child-language studies would also be desirable. The English-speaking position is available for 2 years and the Japanese and Hindi-speaking positions are available for 3 years.                                                            

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