27.839, Support: English; German; Language Acquisition; Phonology; Syntax / Germany

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LINGUIST List: Vol-27-839. Tue Feb 16 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.839, Support: English; German; Language Acquisition; Phonology; Syntax / Germany

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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:52:06
From: Muna Schoenhuber [muna.schoenhuber at uni-konstanz.de]
Subject: English; German; Language Acquisition; Phonology; Syntax, PhD, Universität Konstanz, Germany

 Institution/Organization: Universität Konstanz 
Department: Linguistics 
Web Address: http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/home/qi 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work

Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Phonology; Syntax 

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      German (deu) 

Description:

In the Faculty of Humanities the Linguistics Department has within the newly
installed Research Unit „Questions at the Interfaces“ 1 Doctoral Research
Positions in Linguistics (Salary Scale 13 TV-L/65 %) available.

The start date is 1 April 2016. The position is available for three years. A
later starting date is negotiable.

Applications are invited for a 3-year 65% (doctoral) research position in the
newly established Research Unit ''Questions at the Interfaces (QI)''. The
research unit runs from April 1, 2016 to March 31st, 2019 and is dedicated to
investigating question formation, with a particular emphasis on non-canonical
questions (e.g., rhetorical, echo, self-addressed, suggestive). This Research
Unit (RU) combines expertise from theoretical, computational and experimental
linguistics as well as visual analytics to study how different components of
grammar (morphology, syntax, phonology) interface with one another to signal a
particular meaning. The RU consists of 8 subprojects, each of which has
positions on offer. See http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/home/qi for more
information. 

The linguistic department at the University of Konstanz offers a lively and
internationally well-connected research environment where students are
immediately integrated in scholarly life and research at all levels. The
research unit offers PhD students the opportunity to discuss their topics with
fellow students who work on similar issues; we also have funding for PhD
students to attend international workshops and conferences.

Subproject description: The project P7 ''The Prosody-Syntax Interface of Polar
Questions: Evidence from German and English First Language Acquisition''
focuses on the syntax-prosody interface from the point of view of first
language acquisition. The aim of the project is to experimentally examine how
sentence intonation and sentence structure develop and interact in 3- to
5-year-old German and English speaking children’s speech production and
perception. Project tasks involve preparation, implementation and analysis of
production and perception experiments as well as the publication of results at
international conferences and in relevant journals. The experiments with the
English-speaking children are to be conducted in Great Britain.

Requirements: Applicants should have a M.A. degree (or equivalent) in
linguistics and should specialize in first language acquisition, phonetics
and/or syntax. We also welcome experience in working with children, experience
with experimental linguistics, solid knowledge of statistics and acoustic
analysis software (PRAAT), and excellent proficiency in English and German.
Special personal skills like patience, assertiveness, flexibility and the
ability to work under pressure are also welcome. Experience with databases in
the field of experimental methods or first language acquisition (e.g.,
CHILDES) is a plus.

The application should be sent by email as PDF to Anita Mademann at the
application email address below and include the following: short cover letter,
full CV, brief description of personal skills that you will put into practice
in the project (250 words), two up-to-date references, BA- and MA-
certificates. Please write “Doctoral Position P7” as subject of your email.

Application Deadline: 22-Feb-2016 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Anita Mademann 
	Fachbereich Sprachwissenschaft 
	Fach 180 
	Konstanz BaWü 78457 
	Germany 

Contact Information: 
	Muna Schönhuber 
	muna.schoenhuber at uni-konstanz.de  

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