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The University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia, Italy is opening a call for 3 PhD positions within the PhD program in Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics (TEL).
TEL aims at training scholars in the field of linguistics, considering both theoretical and experimental approaches. In particular, the program focuses on studies in the areas of theoretical syntax, experimental pragmatics and neuropragmatics, and computational linguistics, taking into account both formal descriptions and psycho/neurolinguistic investigations.
The call is now available on the PhD website:
https://www.iusspavia.it/en/education/doctoral-programmes/theoretical-and-experimental-linguistics/call-application
Of the 3 positions:
- n. 1 position funded by the ERC project “PROcessing MEtaphors: Neurochronometry, Acquisition and DEcay” (PROMENADE) on the topic “Sentence structure and metaphor interpretation”
The project will deal with the investigation of sentence structure and interpretation through a combination of both theoretical approaches (formal, syntactic, and semantic principles, with particular attention to the generative grammar model and the interface with pragmatics e to the predicative links in sentence structure and metaphorical expressions) and experimental methods.
- n. 1 position funded by the ERC project “PROcessing MEtaphors: Neurochronometry, Acquisition and DEcay” (PROMENADE) on the topic “metaphor and neuropragmatics”
The project will deal with topics in experimental pragmatics and neuropragmatics (in particular metaphor and non-literal language), developmental pragmatics, language and pragmatic disorders, also via NLP and computational modelling of behavioral and neural data.
- n. 1 position funded by IUSS on the topic “Computational models”.
The project will deal with computational models of language acquisition and processing, and corpora analysis.
The Teaching Board starting from academic year 2025/26 includes:
Valentina Bambini, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia (Coordinator)
Valentina Bianchi, University of Siena
Marta Bosia, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan
Robyn Carston, University College of London
Eleonora Catricalà, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia
Cristiano Chesi, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia
Matteo Paolo Greco, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia
Andrea Moro, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia
Ira Noveck, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Marco Riva, Humanitas University, Milan
Andrea Sereni, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia
Jacopo Torregrossa, Goethe University Frankfurt
Hedde Zeijlstra, Georg-August-University in Göttingen,
Deadline for application: June 9, 2025
For administrative information: postlaurea@iusspavia.it
For scientific information: valentina.bambini@iusspavia.it
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