postdoc positions available

Elena Lieven lieven at EVA.MPG.DE
Tue Oct 29 11:07:34 UTC 2002


The Department of Develomental and Comparative Psychology at the Max
Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has two postdoc positions

in Child Language Development available.

elena lieven


POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE - Leipzig

The Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology of the Max
Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has a postdoctoral
position with funding available for 2 years from January, 2003 or soon
thereafter.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to a working
group investigating various aspects of first language acquisition from a

crosslinguistic and psycholinguistic perspective.  The group is headed
by Michael Tomasello and Elena Lieven.  Ongoing research is conducted
both through experiments and the analysis of rich databases and focuses
on the cognitive and pragmatic bases of language; the development of
syntactic constructions; and the roles of frequency and entrenchment in
that development.

We are particularly looking for someone capable of working in both
German and English language development.

Requirements for the position: (a) PhD by the starting date; and (b)
research experience in first language acquisition, cognitive/functional
linguistics and/or corpus linguistics.   Salary will be according to
BAT.

Informal enquiries, requests for further particulars and applications
may be sent by mail, email or fax to:
Henriette Zeidler,
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Inselstrasse 22-26; D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
E-mail: zeidler at eva.mpg.de
Fax: 0049 341 99-52-119

Interested candidates should send a CV, reprints, and the names of 3
referees.

The deadline for applications is November 18th 2002, with a decision to
be made as soon as possible after that.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
MAX PLANCK CHILD STUDY CENTRE

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
(Ref. no. 1009/02)

A postdoctoral position is being offered in the Max Planck Child Study
Centre in the Department of Psychology funded for 2 years from January,
2003 or soon thereafter.  Funding is provided by The Department of
Developmental and Comparative Psychology of the Max Planck Institute for

Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to a working
group investigating various aspects of first language acquisition from a

crosslinguistic and psycholinguistic perspective.  The group is headed
by Michael Tomasello and Elena Lieven.  Ongoing research is conducted
both through experiments and the analysis of rich databases and focuses
on the cognitive and pragmatic bases of language; the development of
syntactic constructions; and the roles of frequency and entrenchment in
that development. This position is available for someone who wants to
work with the uniquely dense naturalistic corpora that are available in
our group and also involves day-to-day coordination of the Centre under
the supervision of Professor Lieven.

Requirements for the position: (a) to hold, or be about to obtain, a PhD

in Psychology, Linguistics or Psycholinguistics; and (b) research
experience in first language acquisition, cognitive/functional
linguistics and/or corpus linguistics.   Starting salary in the range
£18265 - £20311 p.a.

Informal enquiries may be emailed Professor Lieven at: lieven at eva.mpg.de

Application forms and further particulars are available at
http://www.man.ac.uk/news/vacancies or from the Office of the Director
of Personnel, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13
9PL tel: +44 (0)161 275 2028; fax: +44 (0)161 275 2471; Minicom (for the

hearing impaired): +44 (0)161 275 7889; e-mail: personnel at man.ac.uk.
Please quote ref: 1009 /02.  Closing date for applications: 15 November
2002

AS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER THE UNIVERSITY WELCOMES APPLICATIONS
FROM SUITABLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY
REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER OR DISABILITY.



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