A fixed-term research post in the Surrey Morphology Group, running up to two years and extendable to four, starting January 2027. The holder builds and extends software that measures how predictable inflectional systems are, as part of a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project. The post leads the work package on new models and pairs software development in Python with linguistic analysis, extending an existing tool called Qumin. Applicants are asked not to use AI tools to write their research statement.
What the job involves
- Lead the work package on new models for measuring morphological predictability
- Develop new software tools and use them to measure predictability in morphology
- Extend Qumin, software that analyses morphological lexical data and evaluates inflectional predictability
- Study predictability in complex inflectional systems that challenge existing tools and analyses
- Contribute to the comparative study of macro-variation in predictability, including linguistic typology
- Write papers and presentations with the team and disseminate the research
- Take initiative in formulating the research agenda
What’s required
Qualifications
- PhD in computational linguistics, natural language processing or a related field
Experience
- Software development experience
- Experience using software skills to answer linguistic questions
Skills & knowledge
- Dual background in linguistics and software development
- Good grasp of linguistic concepts and methods
- Interest in the inflectional morphology of at least one language or language family
- Fluent Python programming
- Mastery of command-line tools, git, continuous pipelines and workflows, and an IDE
Nice to have
- Experience programming as part of a team
- Interest in reproducibility in science
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