31.977, Support: German Sign Language; Lang Acquisition; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax: PhD Student, University of Milan-Bicocca & Humboldt University Berlin

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Subject: 31.977, Support: German Sign Language; Lang Acquisition; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax: PhD Student, University of Milan-Bicocca & Humboldt University Berlin

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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 04:30:36
From: Artemis Alexiadou [artemis.alexiadou at hu-berlin.de]
Subject: German Sign Language; Lang Acquisition; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax: PhD Student, University of Milan-Bicocca & Humboldt University Berlin, Italy

 Institution/Organization: University of Milan-Bicocca & Humboldt University, Berlin 
Department:  

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax 
 
Required Language(s): German Sign Language (gsg)

Description:

We invite indications of interest for two PhD positions with expertise in
German Sign Language and Language Acquisition. The positions are within the
''LeibnizDream'' (leibniz dream.eu) project, approved by the European Research
Council in the Synergy Grant 2019 call. The core research team of LeibnizDream
will be based at three host institutions: University of Milan-Bicocca
(UniMiB), Humboldt University (HU), Berlin and Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine
Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin.

The openings are distributed over two of the host institutions, namely at
UniMiB and HU, Berlin:

at UniMiB (PI Maria Teresa Guasti):
one PhD position with main expertise in Language Acquisition

at HU (PI Artemis Alexiadou):
one PhD position with main expertise in German Sign language

The positions are to start between September 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021. The
contracts will be for three years. The salary at HU will be according to 65%
E13 of the TVL pay-scale, while at UniMiB about 1300 euros per month plus
research budget for travelling to conferences, and 50% increase for periods
spent abroad longer than 1 month.

The duty of the positions is to carry out research for their PhD targeting one
of the following areas
of morpho-syntax/semantics, 1) the expression of causation and agency, and 2)
of motion events, 3) the binary connectives, 4) negative concepts such as
exclusion, antonyms, and negation, 5) quantificational concepts including
genericity and distributivity, and 6) dependencies most frequently analyzed as
variable binding (wh-questions, relative clauses, degree clauses). 

The PhD students will be part of the larger research team. The project aims
for cultural diversity and gender balance of its staff. The project
furthermore seeks to implement the principles of open science.

An expression of interest must be submitted by April 1, 2020 via electronic
mail and include the following (1, 2 and 3 in PDF format, ideally in one PDF
file): 1) a letter of intent specifying research experience and intended
contributions to the project, as well as the starting date; 2) the curriculum
vitae including a complete list of publications; 3) electronic copies one
representative writing; and 4) the names and email addresses of at least two
scholars to be contacted for letters of recommendation. Interested researchers
wishing for secure communication with PGP can contact us for the necessary
encryption key.

Please note that the positions are still subject to availability of funding
and a hiring procedure in compliance with institutional requirements will
still be advertised.

Email for applications:
s.rustioni3 at campus.unimib.it
 

Application Deadline: 01-Apr-2020 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Sofia Rustioni 
	Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, 1 
	Milan 20126 
	Italy 
	
Contact Information: 
	Artemis Alexiadou 
	artemis.alexiadou at hu-berlin.de  


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