30.1135, Support: Italian; Phonetics; Phonology; Syntax; Dialectology: PhD, Ghent University

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Subject: 30.1135, Support: Italian; Phonetics; Phonology; Syntax; Dialectology: PhD, Ghent University

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:04:55
From: Anne Breitbarth [anne.breitbarth at ugent.be]
Subject: Italian; Phonetics; Phonology; Syntax; Dialectology: PhD, Ghent University, Belgium

 Institution/Organization: Ghent University 
Department: Dept. of Linguistics 
Web Address: https://www.ugent.be 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Phonology; Syntax 
Dialectology 
Required Language(s): Italian (ita)

Description:

The project “Prosodic cues to syntactic reanalysis: experimentally tracking
Jespersen's cycle in progress” is opening a fully-funded 4-year PhD position
in linguistics at Ghent University, with a monthly salary of approximately €
1900 starting September 2019 (or earlier). The project is embedded in the
research group DiaLing (Diachronic and Diatopic linguistics), and forms a
multinational collaboration between the universities of Ghent (Belgium), Kent
(UK), and Padova (Italy). 

The project: 
The project explores how prosody interacts with syntactic structure at
different stages of an ongoing syntactic change using experimental methods.
Concretely, it will study the incipient stages of Jespersen’s Cycle in
Northern Italian dialects, testing the hypotheses (i) that the reanalysis of
an emphatic reinforcer of the expression of negation as a neutral marker of
sentential negation should correlate with greater intra- and inter-speaker
variability in the prosodic encoding in both production and perception, and
(ii) that unclear prosodic encoding can advance an ongoing syntactic
reanalysis. Besides supervision at Ghent University, the project will involve
fieldwork at the University of Padova, annotation and analyses of prosody in
dialectal production data, and perception experiments with dialect speakers.
Parts of this work will be conducted at the University of Kent. 

The supervisory team: 
The PhD project is a collaboration between the universities of Ghent, Kent and
Padova. The supervision is shared between the members of the team as follows: 
(i) at Ghent by Prof. Dr. Breitbarth (historical syntax and language change)
and Prof. Dr. Crocco (syntax/ prosody interface and prosody of Italian) 
(ii) at Kent by Dr. Rathcke (intonational phonology and perception of prosody)
(ii) at Padua by Dr. Garzonio (Italian dialectology and Northern Italian
dialects) 
Required training will be provided by the team members, the Doctoral Schools
at Ghent and the Graduate School at Kent. The project further involves
attendance of Summer Schools and conferences. 

Requirements: 
- A Master degree in Linguistics (candidates due to obtain their degree in
autumn 2019 are welcome to apply), specialising in prosody, syntax or Italian
dialectology 
- Native or near-native knowledge of Italian 
- Good knowledge (in speaking and writing) of English 
- Good interpersonal skills, which are required for the field work 
- A background in any subset of Italian dialectology, fieldwork experience,
(historical) syntax, prosody, or phonetics would be an asset 
How to apply: 

The application (in English) should include: 
- An extensive CV 
- A covering letter, outlining your background, experience and motivation for
this position 
- Copies of education certificates, and a transcript of records of the MA (or
equivalent) 
- One written piece of work (e.g. BA-thesis, MA-thesis, a paper/manuscript
submitted for a publication or a PhD exposé) 
- Contact information (e-mail) of two academic referees 

The envisaged starting date is September 2019 (or earlier). You are welcome to
contact Prof. Crocco if you have further questions. 

Please send your application by email by 1 June, 2019 to Prof. Dr. Claudia
Crocco: claudia.croccougent.be. The interviews will take place on 4 July in
Padua.
 

Application Deadline: 01-Jun-2019 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof. Claudia Crocco 
	Ghent University, Dept. of Linguistics 
	Blandijnberg 2 
	Ghent 9000 
	Belgium 
	
Contact Information: 
	Prof. Claudia Crocco 
	claudia.crocco at ugent.be 
	Phone:+32.9.264.9592  


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