27.2599, Support: General Linguistics; Syntax; Semantics / Israel

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Subject: 27.2599, Support: General Linguistics; Syntax; Semantics / Israel

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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:38:55
From: Luka Crnic [luka.crnic at mail.huji.ac.il]
Subject: General Linguistics; Syntax; Semantics, PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

 Institution/Organization: Hebrew University of Jerusalem 
Department: Linguistics and LLCC 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Semantics; Syntax 

Description:

We are pleased to announce a doctoral position in the Department of
Linguistics and the Language, Logic and Cognition Center at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem (where the student will be part of the Tel Aviv
University-Hebrew University Joint Graduate program in linguistics). 

The position starts in late October 2016 and is for the period of three years.
The applications should be sent by email to Idit Chen iditch at savion.huji.ac.il
by August 1st 2016. They should contain (i) the CV of the candidate, (ii) the
names and e-mail addresses of two referees, and (iii) a statement about
research interests and experience (3 pages).

Tasks: 

The student will carry out research and write a dissertation in generative
syntax and/or formal semantics on the topic of the project.

Requirements: 

MA in linguistics (or equivalent), obtained no longer than five years ago.
Solid background in syntax and semantics.

Study program:

A coursework and research plan will be developed by the student together with
Luka Crnič, Ivy Sichel, and Hedde Zeijlstra. 

The position is funded by the Niedersachsen-Israel Grant 'The Landscape of
N-Words' awarded to Hedde Zeijlstra (University of Goettingen) and Luka Crnič,
Ivy Sichel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). The phenomenon of multiple
negative expressions contributing a single negation is known as negative
concord (NC) and elements that do not always contribute a negation of their
own are referred to as n-words. Even though negative concord has been fairly
well investigated from both semantic and syntactic perspectives, the
cross-linguistic variation exhibited by n-words remains poorly understood. For
instance, in some languages, n-words must always be accompanied by clausemate
negation, whereas in others n-words may also be accompanied by extra-clausal
negation; in some languages, n-words are morphologically composed of a nominal
stem and a negative affix and in other languages n-words display wh- or focus
morphology. Other domains of cross-linguistic variation include the
obligatoriness of the negative marker, sometimes dependent on the n-word
position, their quantificational status, and the semantic classification of
potential n-word licensers. The project will explore the range of
cross-linguistic variation in this domain, with the aim of furthering our
understanding of the nature of n-words and, consequently, our understanding of
the nature of the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface in general. 

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Luka
Crnič, Ivy Sichel, or Hedde Zeijlstra.

Application Deadline: 01-Aug-2016 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Idit Chen 
	Language, Logic and Cognition Center 
	Hebrew University of Jerusalem 
	Jerusalem 91905 
	Israel 

Contact Information: 
	Luka Crnic 
	luka.crnic at mail.huji.ac.il  

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