Project Overview

We are seeking a skilled Linguistics PhD Student or Doctoral Researcher specializing in English linguistics or dialectology to work as a project consultant in our AI Labor Marketplace. This is not a full-time employment position — you will be engaged as an expert project consultant on a contract basis.

Location: U.S.-based experts only

Engagement: Part-time, project-based expert evaluation work

Work Type: Remote

This project engages linguistics PhD students to evaluate AI-generated text across multiple English dialects and regional standards. Contributors will assess grammatical correctness, naturalness, stylistic appropriateness, and dialect-specific usage in model outputs.

English variants included in this project include: English (United States), English (United Kingdom), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (Ireland), English (India), English (New Zealand), English (Singapore), and English (South Africa).

This is a project-based consultant role. Consultants will be paid on a per-project basis; hourly rates are estimates based on anticipated completion time. Consultants control their own schedule, provide their own tools, and may simultaneously provide services to other vendors/employers (subject to those vendors’ allowances).

Responsibilities:

Contributors will:

• Evaluate AI-generated text for grammatical correctness and linguistic naturalness across English dialects
• Compare multiple model outputs and select the most linguistically appropriate option
• Assess dialect-specific usage across regional English variants
• Identify syntactic, semantic, or stylistic issues in generated text
• Provide concise written explanations supporting linguistic judgments

Expected Outcomes:

• Completed evaluation tasks with structured ratings
• Expert linguistic judgments regarding grammar and dialect appropriateness
• Short written explanations supporting evaluation decisions

Qualifications:

• Current PhD student in Linguistics at a U.S. university
• Academic specialization in English linguistics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, or World Englishes
• Native or near-native proficiency in English
• Experience conducting linguistic analysis or grammaticality judgments
• Ability to clearly explain linguistic reasoning in written English