28.3648, Jobs: Catalan; French; Persian;Spanish; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Cologne

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Subject: 28.3648, Jobs: Catalan; French; Persian;Spanish; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Cologne

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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:23:33
From: Aria Adli [aria.adli at uni-koeln.de]
Subject: Catalan; French; Persian;Spanish; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Cologne, Germany

University or Organization: University of Cologne 
Department: Institute of Romance Studies
Job Location: Cologne, Germany 
Web Address: http://www.sfb1252.uni-koeln.de
Job Title: Postdoc on corpus-based research on syntax and information structure
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics; information structure

Required Language(s): Catalan-Valencian-Balear (cat)
                      French (fra) 
                      Persian, Iranian (pes) 
                      Spanish (spa) 

Description:

The Institute of Romance Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the
University of Cologne is looking to fill a position as Postdoc in the
Collaborative Research Centre: SFB 1252 "Prominence in Language" in subproject
C01 "Prominence and information structure" (Principal Investigator: Professor
Aria Adli).

Starting is December 1st, 2017 with a weekly working time of 39,83 hours. The
position is a fixed- term work contract ending on 31st of December 2020. The
salary is based on the German E13 TV-L scale if terms and conditions under
collective bargaining law are fulfilled.

Area of responsibility:

The focus of this research project is the linkage between prominence and
information structure through examining the following: 1) the role of
prominent syntactic positions in non-canonical word order, 2) the competition
between various prominent topic candidates in canonical word order.

The postdoc supports the PI with regard to project coordination and works on
the following scientific issues:
- She/he will examine non-canonical word order phenomena (primarily the
sentence periphery and postverbal subjects in Spanish, Catalan and possibly
Persian, clefts and others in French).
- She/he will explore possibilities of modelling syntactic prominence and
information structure (e.g. rule based vs. probabilistic). These are to be
discussed in relation to relevant current literature on the linkage between
syntax and information structure.
- She/he will refine the annotation structure for the multilingual corpus of
spoken language sgscorpus.com (with regard to prominent syntactic positions,
information structure, definiteness/specificity, etc.).

Profile:

- A flawless command of spoken and written English and a high level of
proficiency in French and/or Spanish as well as sufficient structural
knowledge to perform analytical and corpus-based work in at least one of the
other languages examined in the project (i.e. French, Spanish, Catalan,
Persian). Knowledge of German is a plus, candidates without knowledge of
German should be willing to gain proficiency within a realistic timeframe.
- She/he is able to coordinate day-to-day business with the PI to ensure that
project goals and deadlines are met. For this purpose, she/he will implement a
time and task management scheme that incorporates the differing areas of work
and coordinates all employed personnel. Good communication skills and the
ability to work well in a team are required.
- She/he is capable of working with superior efficiency due to her/his
result-oriented and well- organized work approach and can proficiently access
new fields of study.

Job prerequisites:

- Ph.D. in linguistics
- International research experience in the field of syntax, information
structure and at the interface with related fields of linguistics, as
documented via publications
- Sound knowledge of corpus linguistics (annotation, corpus queries) and
quantitative analysis of corpus data

Applications should include a statement of interest (letter of motivation,
addressed to Professor Aria Adli), a CV including a list of publications, a
copy of the most important publications (max. 5), a copy of the relevant
degrees/certificates, the names and addresses of two referees.

Applications should be sent to the application email below in a single PDF
file with the subject "Postdoc C01". The application deadline is 24th
September 2017.

Interviews are scheduled during the second week of October 2017.

Application Deadline: 24-Sep-2017 

Email Address for Applications: adli-applications at uni-koeln.de 
Contact Information:
	Professor Aria Adli 
	Email: aria.adli at uni-koeln.de 

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