LINGUIST List 21.4636

Thu Nov 18 2010

Jobs: Phonetics/Phonology: PhD Position, Centre for General Linguistics

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        1.     Marzena Zygis , Phonetics; Phonology: PhD Position, Centre for General Linguistics, Berlin, Germany
Message 1: Phonetics; Phonology: PhD Position, Centre for General Linguistics, Berlin, Germany
Date: 17-Nov-2010
From: Marzena Zygis <zygiszas.gwz-berlin.de>
Subject: Phonetics; Phonology: PhD Position, Centre for General Linguistics, Berlin, Germany
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University or Organization: Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS) Job Location: Berlin, Germany Web Address: http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/index.php?id=2&L=1
Job Rank: PhD position

Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Phonology


Description:

The phonetics-phonology project group (PB1) at the Centre for GeneralLinguistics (ZAS) in Berlin invites applicants for a three-year PhDposition, available from January 15, 2011 (no extension possible).

The successful candidate will join the project 'Boundary-related phenomenain speech' supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education andResearch. The project focuses on three broad research topics: the relationof phonetics-phonology to typology, socio-phonetics, and the relationbetween phonetics, cognition and speech motor control. (See project websiteURL above for details.) The exact topic of the applicant's PhD should berelated to the PB1 project theme and worked out in cooperation with projectresearchers.

The ideal candidate should be able to work both autonomously and in a team.Previous training in phonetics and phonology is required. Candidates whoalso have experience in experimental design and methodology, statisticsand/or PRAAT are particularly invited to apply. Fluency in both German andEnglish is not mandatory but a great advantage.

Please send your letter of application, a current CV and if available, aresearch proposal by email to Marzena Zygis at the email address below.

Application Deadline: 05-Dec-2010 Email Address for Applications: zygiszas.gwz-berlin.de Contact Information:
Marzena Zygis Email: zygiszas.gwz-berlin.de

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