Support Announcement:

Level:	PhD
Duty:	Research,Project Work
Linguistic Field(s):	Phonetics speech sciences
Application Deadline:	18-Mar-2013
Supporting Institution:	University of Zurich Phonetics Laboratory/ General Linguistics
LL Issue:	23.4371
Posted:	18-Oct-2012
Support Description:	1 PhD Position in Phonetics/Speech Sciences at Zurich University (3 years, 100%) For a three year research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and entitled 'Between conversation and primordial sounds: Studies of the musicalized speech of the Composed Theatre using musical analytic and phonetic methods'. This is a co-project between the Bern University of Arts and the Phonetics Laboratory at Zurich University. The present post will be placed at the Phonetics Laboratory, another (non-phonetic) PhD position will be at the Bern University of Arts. The project aims at studying the characteristics and functions of speech in Composed Theatre. We will use acoustic analytic methods and perceptual tests to identify segmental and prosodic features that are characteristics for the Composed Theatre and we will test their effects on the audience using perception experiments. The Phonetics Lab is run by a team of enthusiastic academics with interests in a variety of areas in phonetics and speech sciences. We work closely together with researchers from the departments of General Linguistics, German, Romance and English language as well as Psychology and Audiology. Requirements: - Master (e.g. MA, MSc, MRes, etc.) in Phonetics, Speech Sciences, Linguistics, Information Technology or related area. You should have an interest (or already experience) in areas like: - Use of speech in theatre and music performances (in particular 'composed theatre') - Acoustic Analysis of Speech - Speech Signal Processing - Speech Perception - Statistics Payment for the position will be between 41.400 and 47.400 CHF/year (depending on year). Your application should consist of the following items: - CV (including publications, if available) - List of grades - Name and email addresses of two potential referees Important dates: - Open until filled - Starting date of position: 1. December 2012 (or asap thereafter) Electronic application submission (in pdf format), further information and/or informal chats about the posts: Volker Dellwo volker.dellwo uzh.ch http://www.pholab.uzh.ch/leute/dellwo.html
Application Web Address:	http://www.pholab.uzh.ch
Contact Information:	Prof. Volker Dellwo volker.dellwo@uzh.ch Phone:+41 44 634 2995