LINGUIST List 10.82

Tue Jan 19 1999

Support: Typology & Diachrony

Editor for this issue: Scott Fults <scottlinguistlist.org>

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1. Martin Haspelmath, Typology & Diachrony; Fellowships at Max Planck Inst. in Leipzig

The Linguistics Department at the Max Planck Institute for
Evolutionary Anthropology has doctoral student fellowships available
in the following areas:

1) linguistic typology;

2) documentation of a hitherto undescribed or little described
language, including fieldwork;

3) historical linguistics, preferably broad-scale and/ or
theoretically oriented, including comparative linguistics and language
contact;

4) development of computer tools to assist in any of the above.

Fellowships provide full support (including fieldwork where appropriate)
for two years, renewable for one further year. Residence is in Leipzig,
Germany, except during fieldwork, but doctoral dissertations/theses may
be examined by Universities elsewhere.

Prerequisites are:

(a) good linguistic training, especially in descriptive or historical
linguistics or in linguistic typology;

(b) completion of prerequisites for entry into a PhD program (such as a
Master's degree) as determined by the University (and country) where the
applicant intends to submit the dissertation/thesis;

Applicants are requested to send a C.V., statement of research
interests, two letters of recommendation, and a sample of written work
on a relevant topic to:

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Personnel Administration
Prof. Dr. Bernard Comrie
- PhD Fellowships -
Inselstrasse 22
D-01403 Leipzig
Germany


fax: +49 341 99 52 119
e_mail: comrieeva.mpg.de

The URL of the Max Planck Institute is: http://www.eva.mpg.de

Deadline for receipt of applications: 28 Feb 1999