LINGUIST List 30.1384
Thu Mar 28 2019
Support: Basque; Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics: PhD, University of
Zurich
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Date: 25-Mar-2019
From: Manuel Widmer <manuel.widmer
uzh.ch>
Subject: Basque; Cognitive Science; General
Linguistics; Psycholinguistics: PhD, University of Zurich, Switzerland
E-mail this message to a friend Department: Department of
Comparative Linguistics
Web Address:
https://www.comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en.html
Level: PhD
Institution/Organization: University of Zurich
Duties: Research
Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics
Required
Language(s):
Basque (eus) Description:
The Department of Comparative Linguistics, in collaboration with the Department of Psychology at the
University of Zurich invites applications for a 4-year PhD student position in the Swiss National
Science Foundation project “Ergativity, Event Cognition and Evolutionary Biases in Language”. The
sproject investigates the relationship between agent preferences in event cognition and language
structure in a diverse set of languages. The PhD student will conduct eye tracking and EEG experiments
on Basque and Swiss German, with both children and adults, in collaboration with partners in France and
Spain.
The ideal candidate holds an MA/MSc in linguistics, psychology, cognitive science or a
similar field. Knowledge of Basque is an advantage; otherwise willingness to acquire a working knowledge
of the language quickly is essential. The ideal candidate also possesses prior experience with one or
more of the following: experimental studies, eye tracking and/or EEG, programming (R, Python, MATLAB),
statistical data analysis.
Apart from their CVs, applicants should submit
- A sample of
their writing (e.g., from their MA thesis),
- Names of 2-3 persons willing to provide a letter of
reference, and
- A cover letter explaining their expertise and interest in the project.
We
strongly aim at gender balance and particularly encourage women to apply. Applications should be sent as
a single PDF to jobs
ivs.uzh.ch, with subject header “E3 PhD”. Application
deadline is April 30, 2019. The starting date is October 1, 2019. For further information contact
balthasar.bickel
uzh.ch or martin.meyer
uzh.ch
Applications Deadline: 30-Apr-2019
Web Address for Applications:
https://www.comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/jobs/PhD-psycholinguistics.html
Contact Information:
Prof. Balthasar
Bickel
balthasar.bickel
uzh.ch
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