21.2731, Jobs: African Langs & Psycholing: PhD student, Leiden U., Netherlands

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Date: 25-Jun-2010
From: Maarten Mous < m.mous at hum.leidenuniv.nl >
Subject: African Languages & Psycholinguistics: PhD position with salary, Leiden University, Netherlands
 

	
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:12:48
From: Maarten Mous [m.mous at hum.leidenuniv.nl]
Subject: African Languages & Psycholinguistics: PhD position with salary, Leiden University, Netherlands

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University or Organization: Leiden University 
Department: Leiden University Centre of Linguistics
Job Location: Leiden, Netherlands 
Web Address: http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lucl/

Job Rank: PhD position with salary  

Specialty Areas: Psycholinguistics; African Languages


Description:

Ph.D. Student on the subject 'Plural as value of Cushitic gender: a 
psycholinguistic study', 
Sept 2010 - Aug 2014 
Vacancy number: 10-120 

Project description
This project is about a psycholinguistic study of grammatical gender 
processing in Cushitic languages. The gender systems of Cushitic languages 
in East Africa have the intriguing property that the third value of gender 
(beside masculine and feminine) is plural. The world's leading typologist of 
gender, Greville Corbett, analyzed these systems as two-valued and the third 
value as part of the number category (see Corbett & Hayward, 1987; Corbett, 
1991, 2005, 2006). In contrast, Mous (2008) argued that Corbett's analysis 
cannot hold because gender and number are two independent agreement 
systems and adjectives show agreement for both categories independently. 
Thus, if the third category of gender is taken to be plural, a situation can arise 
in which adjectives show conflicting values for number in agreement with one 
and the same head noun.
The current project aims at providing experimental, psycholinguistic evidence 
to shed more light on the processing of grammatical gender in Cushitic 
languages and support either Corbett's or Mous' theoretical hypotheses.

Requirements
-	MA in linguistics, psycholinguistics or a related area such as 
cognitive/experimental psychology or cognitive science;
-	preferably theoretical knowledge about grammatical processing in 
Cushitic languages;
-	and/or hands-on experience in psycholinguistics;
-	experience with E-prime-software (for experimental design/set-up) is an 
advantage;
-	(basic) knowledge of statistics (incl. SPSS) for data analysis is also an 
advantage;
-	solid competence in English (oral and written);
-	candidate must be willing and able to carry out experiments in Ethiopia;
-	preferably competence in Amharic as well as practical and social 
knowledge of Ethiopia.

Conditions of employment
The successful candidate will be appointed for a period of 18 months, with an 
extension of 30 months after positive evaluation of capabilities and 
compatibility. The gross monthly salary will be in accordance with the 
Collective Agreement of Dutch Universities for academic personnel, and will 
range from € 2.042 gross per month in the first year, gradually rising to € 
2.612 in the final year.

Information
More information on this position can be obtained from Prof.Dr. Maarten 
Mous, email: m.mous at hum.leidenuniv.nl, or Prof. Dr. Niels Schiller, email: 
n.o.schiller at hum.leidenuniv.nl.

Application
Applicants should submit an application before 20 August 2010. Applications 
should be sent to vacatureslucl at hum.leidenuniv.nl.
In order to apply, the applicant must submit the following:
-	a curriculum vitae;
-	a statement of interest (no more than 250 words), briefly detailing 
background, research aspirations and interests;
-	names and email contact details of two referees.


Application Deadline: 20-Aug-2010 
	  
Email Address for Applications: vacatureslucl at hum.leidenuniv.nl 
Contact Information:
	Maarten Mous 
	Email: m.mous at hum.leidenuniv.nl 



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