30.2724, Jobs: General Linguistics; Typology: Post Doc, Labex EFL

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Subject: 30.2724, Jobs: General Linguistics; Typology: Post Doc, Labex EFL

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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 11:40:02
From: Christel Préterre [christel.preterre at sorbonne-nouvelle.fr]
Subject: General Linguistics; Typology: Post Doc, Labex EFL, Paris, France

 
University or Organization: Labex EFL 
Job Location: Paris, France 
Web Address: http://www.labex-efl.com/wordpress/?lang=en
Job Title: Post-Doc in Experimental Material for Fieldwork/Typological Studies
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Typology 


Description:

PostDoc Experimental material for fieldwork/typological studies. Developing
sentence production protocols for the quantitative study of word order
variation with relation to the information structure in a cross-linguistic
perspective in the languages of Western Asia.

Duration: One year

Job Location: Paris

University/laboratory: Sorbonne Paris Cité University, “Mondes iranien et
indien” (http://www.iran-inde.cnrs.fr/?lang=fr) and SeDyL 
(https://www.vjf.cnrs.fr/sedyl/presentation.php?langue=en) 
Salary: 2000 to 2400 euros per month (according to the applicant's
experience), net of taxes

Application deadline: 5 September 2019

Starting date: November 1st or December 1st 2019

Contacts for application: Pollet Samvelian (pollet.samvelian at univ-paris3.fr), 
Anaïd Donabedian (adonabedian at inalco.fr) and Cédric Gendrot
(cedric.gendrot at univ-paris3.fr).

The goal of this project is to develop sentence production protocols for the
quantitative study of word order variation with relation to the information
structure in a cross-linguistic perspective for the languages of the
Anatolia-Iran-Caucasus area. Although most languages in the area are typically
characterized by a basic SOV word order, they nevertheless display significant
differences with respect to the possibility for constituents to occur in a
non-canonical order (i.e. word order variation), before or after the verb. So
far, these word order variations have been mainly accounted for in terms of
information structure (focus/topic marking, etc.). However, robust
quantitative studies are needed to evaluate the extent of variation triggered
by information structure while controlling for other potential sources of
variation in each language in order to also achieve a more accurate
description of the SOV type. 

There exists a growing body of literature for the empirical study of
information structure with specific guidelines for the collection of relevant
speech data (e.g. Skopeteas 2012; Adamou et al. 2018). There are also
available stimuli/questionnaires for the study of Information structure, such
as those provided by Skopeteas et al. (2006).  Building on these available
guidelines, the idea is to provide hands-on material for collecting relevant
quantitative data in order to study word order variations as well as the
different parameters involved in ordering preferences in the languages of the
area. For example, by running a series of cross-linguistic experimental
studies designed to pin down the effect of different factors as well as their
interactions.
 
Required Qualifications:
Applicants should have a PhD in linguistics. Familiarity with experimental
methods is required.  Knowledge of at least one of the languages of area is
highly appreciated.
 
Job Context:
The project is a part of the work package LR41 (Morphological and syntactic
resources for Iranian languages), of the strand 6 of the Labex EFL. It will be
carried out under the joint supervision of Pollet Samvelian and Anaid
Donabedian. 
 
Application submission: 
Applicants are invited to send to Pollet Samvelian
(pollet.samvelian at univ-paris3.fr), Anaid Donabedian (adonabedian at inalco.fr)
and Cédric Gendrot (cedric.gendrot at univ-paris3.fr):
- A cover letter
- A CV including their list of publications
- The name and the contact of two referees
- A link for downloading their publications



Application Deadline: 05-Sep-2019 
	  
Email Address for Applications: pollet.samvelian at univ-paris3.fr, adonabedian at inalco.fr, cedric.gendrot 
Contact Information:
	Pollet Samvelian 
	Email: pollet.samvelian at univ-paris3.fr 


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