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<p class="">There is a number of vacancies at the Dept. of
Comparative Linguistics, U Zurich, cf. below or
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/jobs/3%E2%80%935-postdoctoral-positions-at-ISLE-(4-years).html">https://www.comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/jobs/3%E2%80%935-postdoctoral-positions-at-ISLE-(4-years).html</a><br>
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<p class="">Please distribute and forward to anyone who may be
interested!</p>
<p> Paul Widmer</p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Department of Comparative Language Science at the University of Zurich and the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution (ISLE) invite applications for 3–5 4-year</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> junior research positions (Postdoctoral Researcher and/or PhD) in typology, Indo-European linguistics, and first language acquisition</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">. The positions are embedded in the interdisciplinary research project ‘</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The evolution of structural units in language’</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Gerda-Zeltner Fellowship program.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The main goal of the project is to explore the evolution of core linguistic units over time, such as the transmission of various types of word-like units (e.g. phonological and grammatical words or various phrasal chunks). The project addresses this question in first language acquisition across diverse languages, in patterns of language evolution across typological samples, and in the history of Indo-European across different areal contexts. The project combines large-scale corpus studies with the analysis of typological databases and qualitative data acquisition. The team is led by experts in first language acquisition (Sabine Stoll), historical linguistics (Paul Widmer), and typological linguistics (Balthasar Bickel) in collaboration with several postdocs and senior researchers in the department.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The successful candidates will become part of a larger interdisciplinary research team situated in the </span><a
href="http://isle.uzh.ch" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and the National Center of Competence in Research (</span><a
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style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">NCCR) Evolving Language</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The positions offered are open rank (PhD or Postdoc) in the following areas:</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">A: Indo-European linguistics, philology and historical linguistics,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> with a strong interest in comparative/typological/evolutionary questions and a solid background in qualitative data acquisition and analysis as well as at least some experience with quantitative methods. Possible focus areas are western Indo-European languages/Anatolian and eastern Indo-European languages/Indo-Iranian.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">B: Typology and areal linguistics,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> with a strong interest in comparative and evolutionary questions. The ideal candidate has a solid background in both qualitative and quantitative methods of typological, areal and/or historical linguistics.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">C: First language acquisition, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">with a strong interest in typological variation, corpus linguistics and quantitative methods. Solid background in a scripting language is required (preferred languages R or Python). The candidate will work with the ACQDIV database including longitudinal first language acquisition data (age range 2-4) of 15 typologically diverse languages.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Research environment:</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">We offer work in an interdisciplinary and international team located at the University of Zurich. Researchers are expected to have a strong commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork. Doctoral students will be embedded in the Linguistics Doctoral Program of the University of Zurich.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Postdoctoral positions include teaching obligations of maximally one course per semester. Salaries correspond to SNSF pay scales. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The department places great emphasis on gender balance; we particularly encourage women to apply.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Application:</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Starting date: September 1, 2021</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The positions are available until filled; we </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">start reviewing applications May 1</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, 2021. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">For consideration please compile the following documents into a single PDF labelled ‘LingUnits-YourSurname-Position.pdf’ (where Position is either “A”, “B”, or “C” and “PhD” or “Postdoc”, e.g. LingUnits-Meyer-A-PhD) and send to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jobs@ivs.uzh.ch">jobs@ivs.uzh.ch</a>: </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">- writing sample (2 pages max, e.g. abstracts); </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">- for PhD applications also transcripts of bachelor’s and master’s courses; </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">- for Postdoc applications also a publication list and a dissertation abstract.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">For questions contact <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paul.widmer@uzh.ch">paul.widmer@uzh.ch</a>.</span></p>
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