30.251, Jobs: Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Cognitive Science: Post Doc, UiT the Arctic University of Norway

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Subject: 30.251, Jobs: Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Cognitive Science: Post Doc, UiT the Arctic University of Norway

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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:57:00
From: Jason Rothman [j.rothman at reading.ac.uk]
Subject: Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Cognitive Science: Post Doc, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

 
University or Organization: UiT the Arctic University of Norway 
Department: Department of Language and Culture
Job Location: Tromsø, Norway 
Web Address: https://en.uit.no/om/enhet/forsiden?p_dimension_id=210121
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher in Heritage Language Bilingualism
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Heritage Bilingualism


Description:

The current postdoctoral research position will work primarily on work package
1 (WP1) of a large funded project on heritage language bilingualism (HeLPiNG).
WP1 focuses on investigating the question: when and why do HSs (begin to)
diverge from mono­linguals developmentally? WP aims to capture the time window
during which ‘something’ happens to HS grammars, that is, the
timeframe—mid/late childhood through adolescence (4-18 years of age)—scholars
agree changes to HL grammars likely take place. Despite compelling reasons to
the contrary, data from these pinnacle developmental years are scarce in the
available literature. We will take a longitudinal approach (testing the same
people over 3 years). By testing multiple ages over time, we will be able to
bring the longitudinal datasets together cross-sectionally to cover over a
decade of development. The goal is to be able to chart change within
individuals over the three years in each group, yet also combine
cross-sections for a larger analysis.

This project is flexible in terms of the specific heritage language to be used
and, to an extent, the domain of grammar to be tested. Gender (and Case if
applicable) was conceived as a good domain to examine given previous work by
the PI and expertise in this area across the LAVA research group at UiT
(http://site.uit.no/lava/), but other areas of grammar are also okay provided
the overall goals can be accomplished by examining them. Russian, German,
Scandinavian and Romance languages are especially welcome given expertise in
the group and the facts of these languages. 

In due course, there will be a HeLPING website for further information
(including the full research proposal). For now, kindly contact the PI Prof.
Jason Rothman (j.rothman at reading.ac.uk) for access to the research proposal
and if you have any questions.

Application:
The application must be submitted electronically via the application form
available at the application link provided below and shall include:
- Letter of application
- Project description
- CV (containing a complete overview of education, supervised professional
training and professional work)
- Diplomas and references (a list of 3 recommenders to be contacted by
committee only in the event you are invited to interview)
- List of works and description of these. The list of works shall contain the
following information:
- Author(s), the work’s title
- For articles: the journal’s name and volume, the first and last page of the
article, year of publication
- For publications: publisher, printer, year of publication, number of pages
NB: up to ten works that are central to the applicant’s academic production.
The applicant’s PhD thesis, if finished at the time of application, should be
submitted as one of these works.  If not finished yet, please include a
chapter or two for assessment.



Application Deadline: 01-Mar-2019 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://tinyurl.com/y6veexjd 
Contact Information:
	Professor Jason Rothman 
	Email: j.rothman at reading.ac.uk 


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