28.666, Jobs: Indo-Aryan; Historical Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Zurich

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Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:24:26
From: Paul Widmer [paul.widmer at uzh.ch]
Subject: Indo-Aryan; Historical Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

 
University or Organization: University of Zurich 
Department: Department of Comparative Linguistics
Job Location: Zurich, Switzerland 
Web Address: http://www.comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/staff.html
Job Title: Post Doc in Indo-Aryan linguistics, PhD in Iranian ling.
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics; Indo-Aryan

Required Language(s): Iranian

Description:

The Department of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Zurich invites
applications for one postdoctoral in Indo-Aryan linguistics.

The position is embedded in the research project "The Evolution of Noun
Phrases in Indo-Iranian: empirical foundations and theoretical modeling"
funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. In this project, we aim at
gaining insights into how exactly language contact, universal biases and
chance effects play together. We do this by tracking the evolution of NP
structures and their properties in a large sample of modern and extinct
Indo-Iranian languages and compare them to their respective contact languages.
We will use, and further develop, both qualitative comparative methods and
quantitative modeling. Apart from the position advertised here, the project
will be supported by a PhD in Iranian linguistics, and by a postdoc
specialized in diachronically-oriented typology who will survey contact
languages and a worldwide control sample. The team furthermore includes
experts in quantitative methods and database technology. The project as a
whole is embedded in extensive cooperation between typology and Indo-European
linguistics at the department.

The profile of the position is as follows:

- The successful candidate has substantial knowledge and experience in
historical-comparative linguistics. He/She collects the Indo-Aryan data and
contributes to the comparative analysis of the data.

- The succesful candidate has excellent team-work skills and are eager to look
beyond narrow disciplinary boundaries.

The position is offered for a period of three years. The position will be
filled by September 1, 2017 at the latest. 

Applications are expected to reach us by March 31, 2017, and should include a
letter of motivation, the CV, a copy of the PhD thesis, and the names of two
references.

Please send the documents in PDF format to Prof. Dr. Widmer (see contact
information below) and to Prof. Dr. Bickel (see email for applications below),
both of which may also be contacted for further information.



Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2017 (Open until filled)
Mailing Address for Applications:
	Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel 
	University of Zurich 
	Department of Comparative Linguistics 
	Plattenstrasse 54 
	Zurich, Zurich 8032 
	Switzerland  
Email Address for Applications: balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch 
Contact Information:
	Prof. Dr. Paul Widmer 
	Email: paul.widmer at uzh.ch 


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