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project “Triangulation Approach for Modelling Convergence with a
High Zoom-In Factor” (TriMCo) has to offer a full position of a
principal investigator for the period Jan. 2016—Feb. 2017. The
DFG-financed project is hosted at Mainz University under the
guidance of Björn Wiemer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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TVL-EG 13, 100%, January 2016 – February 2017 (13 months)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Mainz, project TriMCo (see </span><span lang="DE"><a
href="http://www.trimco.uni-mainz.de"><span
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href="http://www.trimco.uni-mainz.de">www.trimco.uni-mainz.de</a></span><span
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justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The
project aims at methodological triangulation of factors that
contribute to structural convergence in a small-scale area among
(for the most part) closely related varieties, namely the
Baltic-Slavic contact zone situated at the intersection of East
Slavic and Baltic dialects (Lithuania, Belarus,
Latgalia/Latvia). In connection with this the project also
pursues the aim of profiling this small area by mapping it onto
the background of increasingly larger concentric areas. Among
other issues, we are inquiring into the following type of
questions: Which features can really claim to have arisen as
exclusive innovations (or archaisms)? How are particular
features “inserted” into larger clines? How do different clines
intersect in the chosen small area? How can features of
different complexity be weighed against each other as for their
significance in constituting a ‘contact superposition zone’? How
can we account for less spectacular features in order to profile
the region on the background of larger clines?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>In parallel, a
corpus of dialectal speech for East Slavic and Baltic dialects
involved in that area is being built up, and it will be enhanced
further.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Applicants
are required to have:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">PhD in
Slavic, Baltic or General Linguistics (but with a research focus
on Slavic and/or Baltic).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">good
knowledge of Russian and at least one of the Baltic languages
(Latvian (Latgalian), Lithuanian); additional knowledge of
Belarusian and/or Polish is a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">fluent
command of English (written and spoken).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Preference
will be given to candidates with the following skills:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">experience
in corpus linguistics (the project’s corpus is run on ELAN)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">experience
with related computer tools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:
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level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">at least
basic skills in statistics is a plus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">research
experience in the following linguistic areas: areal linguistics,
dialect geography and dialectometry, language variation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">knowledge
in diachronic linguistics (in particular of the Baltic-Slavic
region)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">communicative
competence and ability to work in a team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">knowledge
of German is another plus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt
687.0pt 732.8pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The
successful applicant will be given a chance to develop her/his
own agenda. This should be done in tight connection with the
agenda of the project, which is research on language contact
phenomena between Baltic and East Slavic including regional
Polish. The research should be based on the TriMCo Dialect
Corpus that is being created within the project. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">More
information about the project may be found on <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.trimco.uni-mainz.de"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.trimco.uni-mainz.de">www.trimco.uni-mainz.de</a></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Applications
(CV, publication list, diploma, letter of motivation) should be
sent to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Wiemer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New
Roman","serif"" lang="DE">Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New
Roman","serif"" lang="DE">Institut für Slavistik<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Mainz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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can be sent to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="mailto:wiemerb@uni-mainz.de"><span
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Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
lang="EN-US"></span></a><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:wiemerb@uni-mainz.de">wiemerb@uni-mainz.de</a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Deadline
of application:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New
Roman","serif"" lang="DE">Sept., 20, 2015.</span></p>
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Ilja A. Seržant, postdoc
Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz
TriMCo Project / FB 05 / Institut für Slavistik
Saarstraße 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany
URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/iserzan/">http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/iserzan/</a>
Tel.: + 49 6131 39-26503
Room: 02-444
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.trimco.uni-mainz.de/">https://www.trimco.uni-mainz.de/</a></pre>
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