Institution/Organization: Research Group "Phonetics", University of Marburg
Web Address: https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb09/institutes/german-linguistics/phonetics/projects-collaborations/verlernen-der-verteilung-schwacher-elemente

Level: PhD

Duties: Research, Project Work

Specialty Areas: Neurolinguistics; Phonetics; Phonology
Required Language(s): French (fra)
German (deu)
Turkish (tur)
Germanic
Romance
Turkic

Description:

We are currently looking for two Ph.D. students (65% positions, 4 years) to join the Research Unit »Weak Elements in Phonology: Development, Processing and Modality«. The Research Unit investigates weak elements such as reduced syllables in language processing and development. The research project being coordinated in Marburg includes colleagues from the Universities of Mannheim, Frankfurt, Mainz and Erfurt and the Leibniz Institutes in Bonn and Mannheim. The project of the current call is concerned with prosodic transfer effects in the target language French, from both German and Turkish L1. The project is led by Prof. Christoph Gabriel (Mainz) and Prof. Mathias Scharinger (Marburg) and offers exciting interdisciplinary approaches within Phonetics, Phonology, Multilingualism and Neurolinguistics.
Further information can be found following the URL below.

Application Deadline: 30-Jun-2025

Mailing Address for Applications:
Pilgrimstein 16
University of Marburg
35037 Marburg
Germany
Germany
Web Address for Applications: https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb09/institutes/german-linguistics/phonetics/projects-collaborations/verlernen-der-verteilung-schwacher-elemente

Contact Information:
Mathias Scharinger / Christoph Gabriel