LINGUIST List 22.2889 Thu Jul 14 2011 Jobs: German; Psycholing: Post Doc, Goethe-University of Frankfurt Editor for this issue: Christy Bird <christylinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Petra Schulz , German; Psycholinguistics: Post Doc, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany Message 1: German; Psycholinguistics: Post Doc, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany Date: 14-Jul-2011 From: Petra Schulz <P.Schulzem.uni-frankfurt.de> Subject: German; Psycholinguistics: Post Doc, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Goethe-University of Frankfurt Department: Institute for Psycholinguistics Job Location: Frankfurt/Main, Hessen, Germany Web Address: http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/fb/fb10/inst_psychling/DaZ/index.html Job Rank: Post Doc Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Syntax Required Language(s): German (deu) Description: Goethe-University of Frankfurt, the Institute for Psycholinguistics and Didactic of the German Language within the faculty of New Philology offers a full-time position as post-doc/research assistant (100% TV-G-U E13) within the project "Der Erwerb (nicht)restriktiver Relativsätze im Deutschen" ("The acquisition of (non)restrictive relative clauses in German"). The project is part of the DFG-research group "Relativsätze" ("Relative clauses") and starts on 01 September 2011. The position is limited initially for three years (Projekt leader: Prof. Dr. Petra Schulz). If evaluated positively the project can be extended for three more years. The announcement is subject to the approval of financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Description: The project investigates the acquisition of central semantic and syntactic properties of relative clauses within the production and comprehension of monolingual German speaking children. Tasks: - development of psycholinguistic experiments - data collection and analysis - coordination of the data collection of student assistants - publications and talks - cooperation with preschools - continuing personal scientific training is expected Requirements: - excellent degree in German Language studies or linguistics with focus on psycholinguistics or theoretical linguistics - PhD degree in one of the aforementioned areas - detailed knowledge of experimental methods in linguistics, and of qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis - team spirit, flexibility, and organizational experience and skills; ability to communicate, especially with preschools - working knowledge of German Additionally welcomed: - detailed knowledge of semantics, syntax or language acquisition - experience with statistics programs (e.g. SPSS) Applications in written form should be sent to the application address below. Additionally, please send one or two publications that are representative for your research. For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Petra Schulz (P.Schulzem.uni-frankfurt.de). Between 18.07. and 1.08. please mail to Magdalena Wojtecka (Wojteckaem.uni-frankfurt.de). Application Deadline: 06-Aug-2011 Mailing Address for Applications: Prof. Dr. Petra Schulz Institut für Psycholinguistik und Didaktik der deutschen Sprache Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Grüneburgplatz 1 Frankfurt am Main, Hessen 60629 Germany Contact Information: Prof. Dr. Petra Schulz Email: P.Schulzem.uni-frankfurt.de Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 14-Jul-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.