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Level:	PhD
Duty:	Research
Linguistic Field(s):	Discourse Analysis Sociolinguistics Conversation Analysis, Social Interaction
Language Specialty:	French
Application Deadline:	01-Nov-2012
Supporting Institution:	University of Basel Department of Linguistics and Literature / French
LL Issue:	23.4222
Posted:	10-Oct-2012
Support Description:	Within a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, at the French Studies Unit of the Department of Linguistics and Literature / University of Basel (Switzerland) we are offering 2 Doctoral Positions (3 years, full grant, starting from 1.1.2013) in interactional linguistics The PhD candidates will write their dissertation within the SNF project 'Speaking in public: Social interactions within large groups. Contributions from a conversation analytic multimodal perspective' directed by Lorenza Mondada. We are looking for PhD candidates - having a Master in linguistics - interested in research on social interaction, possibly having a training in conversation analysis and in transcribing spoken corpora - interested in fieldwork and video analysis, possibly having experience in empirical research methods - able to work on French data, with native or near-native competence in French - having a good knowledge of German or English We offer 2 posts consisting each one in - a full-time doctoral position (salary: candoc Swiss National Foundation) - for 3 years - in order to complete a PhD Dissertation - in French linguistics or general linguistics - within the above mentioned project The PhD students will work in a small dynamic team at the University of Basel; they will be offered office space and all research infrastructure needed. They are expected to live in the Basel area. For more information about the project and the position(s), please contact lorenza.mondada unibas.ch. (see also http://franz.unibas.ch/mondada-lorenza/ , for a summary of the project please go to http://franz.unibas.ch/fr/recherche/recherche-en-linguistique/aktuelle- projekte/projet-snf-parler-en-public/ ). For applying send - a complete CV - a letter of motivation - a copy of the master's mémoire to Lorenza.Mondada unibas.ch Applications deadline is November 1, 2012.
Application Mailing Address:	Prof. Lorenza Mondada University of Basel / Department of Linguistics and Literature / French Studies Maiengasse 51 Basel 4056 Switzerland
Contact Information:	Prof. Lorenza Mondada Lorenza.Mondada@unibas.ch