PhD student position

[Jordan Zlatev]

The Faculty of Humanities at Lund University, Sweden is announcing a 
Ph.D. student position in General Linguistics / Cognitive Science / 
Semiotics, within the project Stages in the Evolution and Development 
of Sign Use (SEDSU)

Reference number: 2019
Beginning: September 1st, 2005
Information: Jordan Zlatev, Department of Linguistics, Center for 
Languages and Literature, Box 201, 22100 Lund, Sweden
Telephone: +46-46-2228448
Email:

The candidates will be judged primarily on the basis of their capacity 
to complete the doctoral program, and must prior to sending in an 
application have a conversation (possibly by telephone) with the 
project leaders of the SEDSU project (Jordan Zlatev, Peter Gärdenfors 
and Göran Sonesson). The SEDSU project is financed by the 
EU-commission, and involves  collaboration with research groups in 
London, Portsmouth, Leipzig, Rome and Marseille. The principal goal is 
to uncover the origins of human cognitive uniqueness, and for that 
purpose a number of cross-species comparative studies are to be 
performed involving human beings and great apes.

The applicant having been assigned the position is expected to 
contribute actively to the SEDSU project, and in particular to a 
detailed study comparing the interaction within mother-child dyads 
among humans and apes. Documented interest in this area is therefore a 
requirement, and any background studies concerning human infants and/or 
apes is a plus, though not a prerequisite. Knowledge of Swedish is 
similarly not a requirement, but the holder of the position is expected 
to put efforts into developing a workable level of competence in the 
Swedish language as soon as possible.

The announced Ph.D. student position involves 4 years, “netto” (i.e. 
without counting any time for parental leave or long-time illness), 
with a progressively increasing salary. The holder of the position is 
expected to contribute to the research environment within the project 
through his or her presence at the Departments involved (Linguistics, 
Cognitive Science and Semiotics) and through active participation in 
Ph.D. courses and seminars.

Applications are to be sent in 2 parts, one to “Registrator, Lunds 
universist, Box 117, 221 00 Lund, Sweden” and one to the Department of 
Linguistics (for address, see above).

To “Registrator” should be sent:
-Application form
-CV
-Ph.D plan (i.e. a very short description of the planned Ph.D. work)
-Grades and Diplomas
-Any other certificates that the candidate wishes to appeal to

To the Department of Linguistics should be sent:
-all the above
-Bachelors and Masters theses

The application should arrive no later that May 4, 2005. Specify 
clearly the reference number. All grades, diplomas and any other 
certificates should be certified – if you are sending photocopies, you 
must ask a person who knows you write his or her name, address, 
telephone number and signature on the copy. Application forms in 
Swedish can be downloaded from the following site: 
http://www.ht.lu.se/intranet/Blank_ans_nyant_FU2.pdf (If you need help 
in translating the application form, contact Jordan.Zlatev at ling.lu.se).

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Jordan Zlatev, Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics
Center for Languages and Literature
Lund University
Box 201
221 00 Lund, Sweden

email: jordan.zlatev at ling.lu.se
http://www.ling.lu.se/persons/JordanZlatev.html
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