30.195, Support: Semantics: PhD, Universität Konstanz

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-195. Mon Jan 14 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.195, Support: Semantics: PhD, Universität Konstanz

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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:16:09
From: Todor Koev [todor.koev at uni-konstanz.de]
Subject: Semantics: PhD, Universität Konstanz, Germany

 Institution/Organization: Universität Konstanz 
Department: Linguistics 
Web Address: https://www.ling.uni-konstanz.de/en/ 

Level: PhD 

Specialty Areas: Semantics 
Pragmatics 

Description:

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Konstanz invites
applications for one PhD student (3 years) and one Master’s student (2 years)
in semantics and/or pragmatics. The successful candidates will work on the
project Parenthetical Meaning, directed by Dr. Todor Koev and funded by the
DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; KO 5704/1-1). While the main focus will
be on the semantic and pragmatic properties of parenthetical expressions, the
project is sufficiently broad to allow the students to touch on topics like
adverbial modification, modality, evidentiality, and speech acts. The two
students will be working closely together with the project leader and will be
offered the opportunity to discuss their research with fellow scholars who
work on similar issues. There is also funding allotted for attending
international workshops and conferences. 

Project description:

Parentheticals constitute a large and diverse class of expressions that are
divorced from the regular truth-conditions of the sentence but interact with
it and the larger discourse in various ways. This project investigates
parenthetical meaning from the following three theoretical viewpoints:
- The scopal properties of parentheticals, i.e. the ways parenthetical content
interacts with operators placed elsewhere in the sentence;
- The information status of parenthetical meaning, especially when compared to
the regular assertion of the sentence; 
- The role of parentheticals as speech act modifiers. 

Requirements:

Applicants should have a Master's degree (for the PhD position) or a
Bachelor’s degree (for the MA position) in theoretical linguistics or a
related discipline. Previous experience in linguistic fieldwork, corpus
linguistics, or experimental linguistics is a plus. The working language of
the project is English; a knowledge of German is an advantage but is not
required. Ideally, both positions will start on April 1, 2019.

Application
 
The deadline of application is February 15, 2019, but the search will continue
until the position is filled. Applicants should send a short cover letter, a
CV, one writing sample (a published paper or a thesis), and two letters of
recommendation to the email address provided below. Please use “PhD position”
or “MA position” as a subject line.   

Contact Information

Todor Koev
todor.koev at uni-konstanz.de
 

Application Deadline: 15-Feb-2019 

Contact Information: 
	Dr.  Todor Koev
	todor.koev at uni-konstanz.de  


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