30.618, Jobs: General Linguistics: Post Doc, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

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Subject: 30.618, Jobs: General Linguistics: Post Doc, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

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Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:54:43
From: Julia Verhoef [j.verhoef at donders.ru.nl]
Subject: General Linguistics: Post Doc, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands

University or Organization:  
Department: Dutch research consortium Language in Interaction
Job Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands 
Web Address: https://www.languageininteraction.nl/
Job Title: Postdoc position in Linguistics for Research Consortium Language in Interaction
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Theoretical; Computational Linguistics

Description:

The Language in Interaction research consortium invites applications for a
postdoctoral position in Linguistics. We are looking for a candidate with a
background in theoretical and/or computational linguistics.

You will contribute to the integration of linguistic expertise into the
empirical research performed by teams of researchers in our consortium that
are collaborating to collectively address the key questions of our field. You
will be provided the opportunity to conduct research in one or more research
areas relevant to the position. Supervision of BSc, MSc and PhD projects will
be part of your responsibilities. You will be provided with budgetary
resources for travel, materials and lab-use.

This position provides the opportunity for conducting world-class research as
a member of an interdisciplinary team. Moreover, it will provide the
opportunity to contribute to developing a theoretical framework for our
understanding of the human language faculty.

Work environment:
The Netherlands has an outstanding track record in the language sciences. The
research consortium ‘Language in Interaction’, sponsored by a large grant from
the Netherlands Organization for Scientific research (NWO), brings together
many of the excellent research groups in the Netherlands with a research
programme on the foundations of language.

In addition to excellence in the domain of language and related relevant
fields of cognition, our consortium provides state-of-the-art research
facilities and a research team with ample experience in the complex research
methods that will be invoked to address the scientific questions at the
highest level of methodological sophistication. These include methods from
genetics, neuroimaging, computational modelling, and patient-related research.
This consortium realizes both quality and critical mass for studying human
language at a scale not easily found anywhere else.

We have identified five Big Questions (BQ) that are central to our
understanding of the human language faculty. These questions are interrelated
at multiple levels. Teams of researchers will collaborate to collectively
address these key questions of our field.

Our five Big Questions are:
BQ1: The nature of the mental lexicon: How to bridge neurobiology and
psycholinguistic theory by computational modelling?
BQ2: What are the characteristics and consequences of internal brain
organization for language?
BQ3: Creating a shared cognitive space:  How is language grounded in and
shaped by communicative settings of interacting people?
BQ4: Variability in language processing and in language learning: Why does the
ability to learn language change with age? How can we characterise and map
individual language skills in relation to the population distribution?
BQ5: How are other cognitive systems shaped by the presence of a language
system in humans?

Successful candidates will be appointed at one of the consortium’s home
institutions, depending on the position applied for. All successful candidates
will become members of our Big Question teams. The research is conducted in an
international setting at all participating institutions. English is the lingua
franca.

You will be appointed at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics,
Nijmegen, The Netherlands. You will be supervised by Peter Hagoort, programme
director of the Language in Interaction consortium. The research is conducted
in an international setting at all participating institutions. English is the
lingua franca.

To apply:
Please submit your application (attn. of Prof. dr. P. Hagoort) to
j.verhoef at donders.ru.nl in electronic form. Your application should include
(and be limited to) the following attachments:
- A cover letter,
- Your curriculum vitae, including a list of publications and the names of at
least two persons who can provide references.

Application Deadline: 17-Feb-2019 

Email Address for Applications: j.verhoef at donders.ru.nl 
Web Address for Applications: https://www.mpi.nl/people/vacancies/postdoc-position-in-linguistics-for-research-consortium-language-in-interaction 
Contact Information:
	Mrs. Julia Verhoef 
	Email: j.verhoef at donders.ru.nl 

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