Postdoctoral Researcher: West Nilotic Field Linguistics

August 18, 2026
Urgent

Job Description

The University of Edinburgh invites applications for a full-time, fixed-term Postdoctoral Researcher in Linguistics & English Language. The ERC project focuses on suprasegmental morphology in West Nilotic languages and Burun languages, with fieldwork in East Africa.

The successful candidate will analyze sound systems and morphosyntactic structures, collaborating within the Linguistics & English Language Department, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences.

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