29.369, Jobs: Computational Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax: Post Doc, Labex EFL

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:45:58
From: Christian Puech [christian.puech at univ-paris3.fr]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax: Post Doc, Labex EFL, Paris, France

 
University or Organization: Labex Empirical Foundations of Linguistics EFL 
Job Location: Paris, France 
Web Address: http://www.labex-efl.com
Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Experimental Syntax, Semantics and/or Pragmatics
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax 


Description:

The Labex EFL (Empirical Foundations of Linguistics) is recruiting a
postdoctoral researcher in experimental syntax, semantics and/or pragmatics.
The position is for 12 months (full time) and may be renewed for another 12
months.

The position is provided by the strand « Experimental Grammar » of the Labex
EFL project (strand 2). The postdoc is expected to have knowledge of
theoretical syntax, semantics and pragmatics, as well as empirical methods:
annotated corpora, experiments, and statistics. The postdoc will work within
the context of the SA4 work package, entitled Near-Synonymy, Semantic
Equivalence and Syntactic Variation
(https://sites.google.com/site/labexeflsa4/home). As such, their primary
responsibility will be to conduct quantitative and/or experimental research on
syntactic variation and change, and its relation to semantic, pragmatic and/or
social meaning.

Applicants should propose a research project that they will work on during
their contract. Phenomena currently being studied within SA4 include argument
structure alternations and grammatical gender alternations in French, German
and Russian. These topics could serve as the focus of the postdoctoral
project; however, applicants are also highly encouraged to propose an original
project based on their research interests which relates quantitative
morpho-syntactic variation to meaning. Projects combining research in formal
syntax/semantics/pragmatics with sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic and/or
computational research are particularly desirable.

There are no teaching requirements in this position. However, regular
participation in collective scientific activities (e.g., seminars) will be
expected.  Knowledge of French is an asset but not required.

The postdoc will be affiliated with the Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle
(LLF http://www.llf.cnrs.fr/).  The LLF is an interdisciplinary research
laboratory linked to the Department of Linguistics (UFR de Linguistique) at
the Université Paris Diderot (https://www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/), which
brings together researchers from computational, experimental, theoretical, and
descriptive linguistics. The lab has an experimental room, a lab assistant as
well as experimental material (eyetracker, SMI glasses, portable EEG...), and
houses a number of computational resources for corpus studies on French and
other languages (French Treebank, ELICO, French parsed Wikipedia...).

The starting date of the position is flexible: between June 2018 and October
2018. The applicant's PhD should have been defended and filed by the starting
date. The position will pay 26.000 euros net per year.

Prospective applicants should send:
- A curriculum vitae including publications 
- a brief statement of research interests including a description of the
research project to be undertaken during the contract (up to 4 pages) 
- a website address where the publications can be downloaded. 
- names of professors for reference letters.

For full consideration, please send the application in a single email and
arrange to have (up to three) letters of reference sent directly by their
author by March 1, 2018. All communication and materials should be addressed
to the application email address below. We intend to (Skype) interview and
select candidates in March 2018.



Application Deadline: 01-Mar-2018 
	  
Email Address for Applications: heather.susan.burnett at gmail.com 
Contact Information:
	Heather Burnett 
	Email: heather.susan.burnett at gmail.com 


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