26.1037, Jobs: Middle English; Old French; Historical Linguistics; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Mannheim / University of Stuttgart

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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 19:59:17
From: Carola Trips [ctrips at rumms.uni-mannheim.de]
Subject: Middle English; Old French; Historical Linguistics; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Mannheim / University of Stuttgart, Germany

 
University or Organization: University of Mannheim / University of Stuttgart 
Job Location: Mannheim / Stuttgart, Germany 
Job Title: 2 post-doc positions: argument structure, Middle English, Old French
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Required Language(s): English, Middle (enm)
                      French, Old (fro) 

Description:

2 post-doc positions: argument structure, Middle English, Old French

We invite applications for two post-doc positions (100%) in the project
"Borrowing of Argument Structure in Contact Situations (BASICS): The Case of
Medieval English under French influence", funded for three years by the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

The candidates will contribute to theoretical and empirical research on the
argument structure of verbs borrowed from Old French into Middle English. They
will work in Mannheim and Stuttgart respectively (40 min. distance by train).
The positions should be filled as soon as possible, and before July 1st 2015.
Salary is based on the German TV-L E13 scale.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in linguistics, a good knowledge of the syntax
and semantics of argument structure and corpus-based linguistic analysis.
Experience with syntactically annotated corpora and acquaintance with theories
of language contact is an advantage. Knowledge of German is an advantage, but
not mandatory.

Position #1, in Mannheim, will work on Middle English (verb lexicon,
lemmatisation, extraction and analysis, classification etc.).

Position #2, in Stuttgart, will work on French (corpus-based analysis of Old
French verbs) and is responsible for the technical infrastructure (management
of corpora and lexical resources, storage of the results, production of
sustainable formats).  For this position, technical skills are required
(corpus tools, XML, programming or scripting languages, Unix-like OS).

Please send applications by email to both PIs: Prof. Carola Trips and Prof.
Achim Stein (email addresses below) until March 31st, 2015. Applications must
be sent in PDF format and include a CV, a list of publications, the names of
two referees, the PhD thesis and up to two other publications (or links for
download) and explicit statements about foreign language competences
(including Old French and Middle English) and, for position #2, computational
skills.

The Universities of Mannheim and Stuttgart are equal opportunity employers. 
Applications of female researchers are strongly encouraged. Severely
challenged persons will be given preference in case of equal qualifications.



Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2015 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: achim.stein at ling.uni-stuttgart.de 
Contact Information:
	Professor Carola Trips 
	Email: ctrips at rumms.uni-mannheim.de 


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