LINGUIST List 17.253
Wed Jan 25 2006
Jobs: Syntactic Typology: Researcher, U of Leipzig
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1. Balthasar
Bickel,
Syntactic Typology: Researcher, University of Leipzig, Germany
Message 1: Syntactic Typology: Researcher, University of Leipzig, Germany
Date: 24-Jan-2006
From: Balthasar Bickel <bickeluni-leipzig.de>
Subject: Syntactic Typology: Researcher, University of Leipzig, Germany
University or Organization: University of Leipzig Department: Linguistics Job Rank: Researcher Specialty Areas: Typology
Description:
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Leipzig invites applications for a half-time position in syntactic typology, starting April 1 or later. The salary is based on the German BAT-O IIa/2 payscale and the position is especially (but not exclusively) suitable for a student who wishes to persue a doctoral degree in typology in Leipzig. The position is limited to three years but continuation beyond that is possible in follow-up projects.
The successful applicant will work with a research team headed by Balthasar Bickel (U Leipzig) and Ina Bornkessel (MPI for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig) in an interdisciplinary project on the processing of grammatical relations during comprehension in typologically distinct languages. The main task of the successful applicant will be detailed comparative research into the grammatical relations of Hindi, Chechen and Mandarin Chinese, the fine-tuning of typological variables for comparing grammatical relations in general, and help in the preparation of stimulus material for neuropsychological experiments in collaboration with other team members.
The project is part of a new DFG research unit 'Grammar and Processing of Verbal Arguments' (Forschergruppe 742; http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~va), of the AUTOTYP research program on typological databases (http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~autotyp), and of the MPI Junior Research Group on Neurotypology (http://www.cbs.mpg.de).
The working language of the project is English, but at least a passive knowledge of German would be an asset. Skills in database technology and corpus research are additional assets. Applicants should have at least an MA in (general) linguistics in hand.
Applicants should send an e-mail to Balthasar Bickel (bickeluni-leipzig.de Phone: +49-341-973 7610 Fax: +49-341-973 7609 Website: http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~bickel
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