http://linguistlist.org Latest Support Issues en-us Copyright 2008-2017 The LINGUIST List linguist@linguistlist.org linguist@linguistlist.org http://backend.userland.com/rss Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:20:04 EST 60 http://linguistlist.org/images/lllogo-large.png http://linguistlist.org http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1349.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1349.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in Spanish language and linguistics is available at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILOS), University of Oslo. The fully funded 3-year PhD position is open to projects in lexical semantics and its interfaces with grammar and pragmatics, with an emphasis on Spanish. We invite proposals for a PhD research project on one of a wide range of topics in the area of word meaning and the relations between word meaning and morph http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1281.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1281.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z The Graduate School Language & Literature – Class of Language at LMU Munich offers a PhD scholarship for International doctoral candidates. The scholarship is part of the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) provided by the DAAD. It has a duration of a maximum of four years and will beginn in autumn of this year. Applicants must not have resided in Germany for more than 15 months prior to the nomination. Applications for regular, non-funded PhD positions, starting in October 2021, can a http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1257.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1257.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z We are looking for a full-time PhD candidate to join the newly founded Minerva Group ‘Language Evolution and Adaptation in Diverse Situations’ (LEADS), led by Dr. Limor Raviv, at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. The ‘Language Evolution and Adaptation in Diverse Situations’ (LEADS) group is embedded in the Language & Genetics department of the MPI for Psycholinguistics. Doctoral supervisor: dr. Limor Raviv Co-)Promotors: prof. dr. Simon Kirby & prof. dr. Simon Fisher http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1226.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1226.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z Call for applications for a funded PhD position in language contact, involving the Portuguese-lexified creoles of Asia, at CLUL (University of Lisbon’s Centre of Linguistics). Information about the institution: CLUL is a Portuguese public R&D institution founded in 1932 as a centre of philological studies, having developed into a research centre in linguistics that expanded its activities and scientific intervention over time. The centre is hosted by the Faculty of Letters of the University of http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1225.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1225.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z Call for applications for a funded PhD position in language contact involving Portuguese in African settings, at CLUL (University of Lisbon’s Centre of Linguistics). Information about the institution: CLUL is a Portuguese public R&D institution founded in 1932 as a centre of philological studies, having developed into a research centre in linguistics that expanded its activities and scientific intervention over time. The centre is hosted by the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon (FL http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1179.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1179.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z The University of Groningen offers a four-year PhD student scholarship to complete a dissertation on a topic related to “voice and speech technology”. The PhD candidate will be supervised by Dr Matt Coler alongside other relevant experts (depending on the topic) and will be a member of the “Culture, Language and Technology” Flagship team which is composed of a diverse team of PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and visiting scholars. The PhD candidate will be enrolled in the Graduate School http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1045.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-1045.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z Information about the institution/department: The Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science (FLoV) at the University of Gothenburg is home to a large number of national and international research projects and offers courses and degree programs for philosophers, logicians, linguists, language technologists, theorists of science, historians of philosophy, philologists and philosophy teachers. Linguistics is a subject authorised to award qualifications at all levels, inc http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-986.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-986.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z Call for applications Fully-funded PhD position in computational linguistics at EFL LabEx in Paris “Articulation of a compositional model of negation with distributional semantics” The EFL LabEx (Laboratory of Excellence "Empirical Foundations in Linguistics" http://www.labex-efl.fr) is offering a 3 year PhD grant in computational linguistics , full time, about net 1700 euros/month, starting in the Fall 2021 at the University Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris). Topic of the PhD: The P http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-985.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-985.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z PhD Position in the DFG-funded project CHIBERGIS "Ergativity and Information Structure in Chibchan Languages" (involving part-time employment (65 %) - E 13 TV-L HU - short term for 3 years) Project Summary: CHIBERGIS is a collaboration between research teams at Humboldt-University Berlin, University of Göttingen and CNRS/SeDyL Paris. It investigates two layers of clause structure: alignment and information structure as well as the interaction between these layers. It will provide dee http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-964.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-964.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z PhD positions in the Psychology of Language Department Listening and speaking in conversation Two four-year fully funded PhD positions in the Psychology of Language Department Doctoral supervisor: Prof. Antje Meyer Job Description: The PhD projects should investigate the cognitive processes and neurobiological basis of speaking and listening in everyday conversation. Questions to be addressed include how interlocutors divide attention between listening and speech planning, h http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-831.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-831.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z PhD Project: Non-literal language use in machine and human translation for dubbing (WRoCAH funded Collaborative Doctoral Award between University of Sheffield, and Zoo Digital Group plc) Project summary The project is a collaboration between the University of Sheffield and Sheffield-based ZOO Digital Group plc, one of the industry leaders in media localisation. The project will investigate non-literal language use (such as idioms, metaphor, jokes, conventional indirectness, or conversational im http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-814.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-814.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z The University of Verona invites applications for pre-admissions to the Master's Program in Linguistics (academic year 2021/22): 3 top candidates will receive support and benefits including exemption from tuition fees, free accommodation and meals(*). Details regarding the Master’s programme can be found at: http://www.dcuci.univr.it/?ent=cs&id=697&lang=en Requirements: Eligible candidates are non-EU citizens: - living outside the European Union; - who hold: 1) a (foreign) Bachelor Degree in http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-796.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-796.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z Applications are sought for a fully funded 4-year PhD in General Linguistics for research topics connected to the project 'Gestural Grammar: Investigating Gestures in Southern Italy' (GestuGram) led by Dr Valentina Colasanti. Applicants with a background in syntax, semantics, sign language linguistics, or Romance linguistics (preferably Italo-Romance) are encouraged to apply. A background in quantitative methods and fieldwork methodologies is a plus, but not required. The starting date is Septem http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-490.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-490.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z Applications are invited for a research training bursary (i.e. A PhD plus Doctoral Certificate in Researcher Enhancement and Development). CASL Research Centre has a linguistic-phonetics focus, within a clinical context, and it sits within the School of Health Sciences at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Applications are invited on any topic related to CASL’s current research, but bursary applications which address one of our five priority topics for 2021 will be preferred: Acquisition of http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-472.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-472.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z The Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies (HCTS) at Heidelberg University invites applications for a position starting on 15th March 2021, or as soon as possible thereafter. 1 Doctoral Researcher - Political Science or Middle East Studies (E 13 TV-L, 65%, 24+12 months) The position is advertised within the research group “Gathering the Dispersed. State Evasion and State-making in Modern Jewish, Kurdish, and Berber History”. Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, “Gathering the Dispersed” e http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-471.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-471.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z An der Professur für Angewandte Linguistik mit Schwerpunkt Textproduktionsforschung an der Universität Bremen ist zum 1. April 2021 (oder nach Vereinbarung) eine 0,65 Doktorandenstelle (Verg. Gr. 13 TV-L) für das Aufgabengebiet Evaluationsforschung zu Schreibformaten im Studium zu besetzen (zunächst befristet auf drei Jahre, mit Option auf Verlängerung um weitere drei Jahre). Ein Forschungsgebiet der Professur liegt in der empirisch-didaktischen Schreibforschung und der Evaluationsforschung zu http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-443.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-443.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z Doctoral Positions at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” (f/m/d) (part-time 65%, pay scale TV-L E13, 1+3 years, starting date: October 2021) The Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality: Perceptions, Participation, Policies” (see https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/inequality/) includes researchers from political science, sociology, economics, linguistics, psychology, law and education studies. The Cluster’s researchers investigate inequality in areas such as e http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-428.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-428.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in Spanish language and linguistics is available at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILOS), University of Oslo. The fully funded 3-year PhD position is open to projects in lexical semantics and its interfaces with grammar and pragmatics, with an emphasis on Spanish. We invite proposals for a PhD research project on one of a wide range of topics in the area of word meaning and the relations between word meaning and morph http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-404.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-404.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z Call for applications:12 PhD positions with 65 % of the regular weekly working hours (currently 25.87 hours/week) for a limited period of 3 years starting in 1st September 2021. Remuneration is according to the German public salary scale TV-L 13. Your tasks: Each graduate student will work on a research project that fits in within the overall theme of the RTG. Applicants can choose a research topic of their own, as long as the proposal fits the RTG’s guiding idea or select one of the suggested http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-382.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/32/32-382.html 2021-04-16T17:34:46Z *SEE LINK FOR ADVERT TEXT IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH* https://www.stellenwerk-koeln.de/sites/default/files/2021-01/Wiss2012-31_DoktorandIN%20Dolmetschen%20SFB1252_B09_de%2Bengl.pdf **ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS UNTIL 10th FEBRUARY 2021** We are seeking to fill a PhD position (f/m/d) in the project „Prominence in action: Referent representation in German Sign Language (DGS)“. The project is part of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) “Prominence in language” (SFB 1252) at the University of