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APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS<br><br>
The Research Unit "Functional Linguistics Leuven" of the
Catholic University of Leuven invites applications for a Post-doc
position (3 years) or a PhD position (4 years) within the research
program 'Grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification' (GRAMIS), funded
by the Belgian national research programme 'Interuniversity Attraction
Poles' (IAP VI). The preferred starting date for either position is
September 1, 2007. <br><br>
Description of the project: <br>
The project aims to contribute to current research on processes of
grammaticalization (in the structural domain) and
(inter)subjectification (in the semantic domain) in language change.
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The project brings together linguistic research groups at the
universities of Antwerp, Leuven, Ghent, Louvain-la-Neuve, Hannover, and
the Department of Cultural Anthropology at the Royal Museum of Central
Africa in Brussels. <br><br>
Within the context of this project, the successful applicant will
investigate how various types of clause combining in the history of
English reflect common assumptions about grammaticalization and how they
interact with other mechanisms of change, and analogy in particular.
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Requirements for the post-doc position: <br>
Candidates must hold a PhD in the field of English linguistics, with a
primary specialisation or strong interest in diachronic linguistics. They
should have experience of corpus linguistics, and ideally, have already
published in the area of grammaticalization and/or English historical
linguistics. Furthermore, the successful applicant should not have held a
position at a Belgian university in the two years preceding the
application; nor should they have obtained PhD degree at a Belgian
university. <br><br>
Requirements for the PhD-position <br>
Candidates must have a Masters degree or equivalent in English
linguistics and have shown an interest (through their course work) for
English diachronic linguistics, or show willingness to learn methods of
diachronic (corpus-based) research. The successful applicant is expected
to continue their training within their area of specialization. <br><br>
We especially welcome candidates who share the FLL research group's
interest in approaching language from a usage-based perspective and in
solid empirical analysis informed by cognitive and/or functional views on
language. <br><br>
Applications including a letter of motivation, a curriculum vitae, copies
of exam results, a statement of research interests, and copies of any
relevant publications can be sent to the following email address: <br>
hubert dot cuyckens at arts dot kuleuven dot be<br><br>
The application deadline is June 15, 2007. Further information about the
post and/or a detailed description of the research project can also be
obtained from this email address. <br><br>
Postal address: <br>
Hubert Cuyckens <br>
Dept of Linguistics <br>
University of Leuven <br>
Blijde Inkomststraat 21 <br>
B-3000 Leuven, Belgium <br>
<a href="http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/fll/hcuyckens/">
http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/fll/hcuyckens/</a> <br><br>
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