LINGUIST List 26.4656
Tue Oct 20 2015
Jobs: English; German; Slavic; Semantics: Post Doc, Heinrich Heine Univerity Duesseldorf, Germany
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Date: 20-Oct-2015
From: Sebastian Loebner <loebner
phil.hhu.de>
Subject: English; German; Slavic; Semantics: Post Doc, Heinrich Heine Univerity Duesseldorf, Germany, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Department: Language and Information
Job Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
Web Address:
http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/isi/ Job Title: PostDoc researcher on German adjective semantics
Job Rank: Post Doc; Researcher
Specialty Areas: Semantics
Required Language(s):
English (eng) German (deu) Slavic
Description:
The Department of Language and Information, General Linguistics, of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany, invites applications for a postdoc position (German scale TV-L E13 100%) for research in formal and lexical semantics.
The University seeks to advance the equality of men and women and therefore emphatically encourages women to apply. In case of equal qualification, preference will be given to people with disabilities.
The position starts in January 2016 and ends in June 2019.
The candidate will work on the research aims assigned to the postdoc researcher in Project C10 "A frame-based analysis of adjective-noun combinations", headed by Sebastian Löbner (semantics) and Wiebke Petersen (mathematical linguistics), within the Collaborative Research Centre 991 (CRC 991). Details are given in the project proposal. The CRC offers a rich and stimulating research environment; it is a large collection of research projects that focuses on the structure of representations in language, cognition and science with a particular emphasis on frames and on lexical semantics.
For details and links, including the project proposal, see:
https://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/index.php?id=21816 All projects within the CRC 991 apply the Düsseldorf Frame approach. Application of the approach is mandatory for the analysis of adjective-noun interaction in C10. See the project proposal and the General Information on the CRC for references.
Candidates should have a solid background in formal semantics, plus a background in one of the following areas: cognitive semantics, cognitive psychology, philosophy of language, or psycholinguistics, in order to be able to build up cooperation with other projects within the interdisciplinary CRC. Knowledge of the methods of distributional semantics is very welcome, but not a mandatory prerequisite.
The object language of preference is German, alternatively English or a Slavic language. The candidate must have native speaker competence of the object language.
The candidate needs to take residence at Düsseldorf.
Your application will include
- CV, including indication of your native speaker competence(s)
- Copies of MA degree and PhD
- PhD thesis (complete pdf)
- All publications (pdf)
- List of conference talks
- A detailed proposal (2 pages) of how you will work on the aims given in the project proposal.
- Names of three referees (1 external)
Application Deadline: 15-Nov-2015 (Open until filled)
Mailing Address for Applications:
Prof. Sebastian Loebner
Email Address for Applications: loebner
phil.hhu.de
Contact Information:
Prof. Sebastian Loebner
Email: loebner
phil.hhu.de
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