LINGUIST List 15.2333

Wed Aug 18 2004

Support: German & Lang Acquisition: U Groningen

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1. a.hausdorf, Support: German & Lang Acquisition: U Groningen, Netherlands

University or Organization: University of Groningen
Department: Center for Language and Cognition, Groningen
Rank of Job: Student
Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition, German Morphosyntax
Required Language(s):German, Standard 

Description:

The Center for Language and Cognition in Groningen (CLCG) offers a
four-year Ubbo Emmius scholarship for a PhD-project on the acquisition
of German morphosyntax, to be based on the analyses of extensive
naturalistic databases on German child and adult language. The project
will be carried out in the language development group under the
supervision of Prof. Dr. Heike Behrens. The candidate will be able to
follow graduate courses in local and national graduate schools.

Candidates must have a Master degree (or equivalent) in linguistics
and a (near) native-like command of German as well as training in
language acquisition research and/or corpus linguistics, especially in
functionalist and constructivist approaches to language and language
acquisition.

The university shall pay the candidate a monthly scholarship of Euro
1370. The scholarship is restricted to non-Dutch citizens.

Starting date: November 1st, 2004

Address for Applications:

	Attn: Dr. Anna Hausdorf
	P.O. 716, Faculteit der Letteren
	Rijskuniversiteit Groningen
	Groningen, NL 9700 AS
	Netherlands 

	Applications are due by 15-Sep-2004 

Contact Information:
	Prof. Dr. Heike Behrens
	Email: h.behrenslet.rug.nl
	Tel: +31 50 363 59 29
	Fax: +31 50 363 58 21
	Website: http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/clcg/

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