Bilingual Bites: Mapping Italy's Culinary Lexicon

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; Italia; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Università degli studi di Roma Sapienza seeks a researcher to join the MuBi project, focusing on linguistic data collection, analysis, and sociolinguistic coding in multicultural contexts.

The role includes ethnographic interviews in home kitchens, restaurants, markets, and reception centers, handling protocols, contact management, and informed consent, with multilingual ASR transcription and data verification.

Responsibilities

• collaborate on core activities of the MuBi project
• collect, organize, and analyze linguistic data on culinary microlanguage in multicultural contexts
• conduct ethnographic interviews in home kitchens, restaurants, markets, and reception centers
• prepare protocols, manage contacts, and collect informed consent
• use ASR tools for multilingual transcription, verify and correct transcripts
• assist with sociolinguistic coding, identify loanwords and neologisms
• populate the database for the digital archive
• support GIS mapping of linguistic phenomena and dissemination of results

Job description

Università degli studi di Roma Sapienza seeks a researcher to join the MuBi project, focusing on linguistic data collection, analysis, and sociolinguistic coding in multicultural contexts.

The role includes ethnographic interviews in home kitchens, restaurants, markets, and reception centers, handling protocols, contact management, and informed consent, with multilingual ASR transcription and data verification.