32.73, Support: Romance; Spanish; Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD, University of Cologne

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Subject: 32.73, Support: Romance; Spanish; Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD, University of Cologne

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Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:38:27
From: Jakob Egetenmeyer [j.egetenmeyer at uni-koeln.de]
Subject: Romance; Spanish; Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD, University of Cologne, Germany

 Institution/Organization: University of Cologne 
Department: CRC 1252 Prominence in Language 
Web Address: https://sfb1252.uni-koeln.de/en/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Text/Corpus Linguistics 
Tense and aspect; Argumentative Structure 
Required Language(s): Spanish (spa)

                      Romance 

Description:

The Department of Romance Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the
University of Cologne is currently seeking to fill a PhD Position (m/f/d) in
the Collaborative Research Centre 1252 “Prominence in Language”, sub project
C02 “Tense and aspect in discourse” from April 01, 2021 until December 31,
2024 (65%, 25.89 hours/week). Salary is determined following the salary scale
E 13 according to German TVL.

Project C02 investigates temporal and argumentative discourse structures. The
phenomenon of prominence, the highlighting of certain elements in the
discourse in relation to competing elements, will play a central role. 
Temporal discourse structures include relations on the time axis such as
sequence and simultaneity. At the same time, perspective and the creation of
foreground and background structures are also part of it. Taking these aspects
into account, the use of tense forms in narrative texts in Romance languages
can be explained. This approach will now be expanded by including the
functioning of the argumentative structuring of texts and its relation to the
temporal structure in the investigations. In this way, we aim at achieving the
overall goal of the project of a more comprehensive representation of the
temporal and argumentative discourse structure.

For more information please visit: https://sfb1252.uni-koeln.de/ 

Your tasks:
- You will analyze the argumentative potential of discourse markers in
interaction with tense-aspect marking in two Romance languages (Spanish plus
another one). You will use language comparison techniques.
- You will set up and annotate a corpus of oral and close-to-speech data.
- You will create materials for forced-choice experiments and conduct as well
as analyze these experiments statistically.
- You will present your results at international conferences and make them
available to the research community. 
- You will assist researchers in acceptability experiments.

Your profile:
- You are capable of working conceptually and quickly fathoming out new
research topics.
- You are capable of working in a team and collaborating with related
projects. 
- Excellent knowledge of Spanish and at least advanced knowledge of another
Romance language is essential. Your knowledge of English should be high in
speaking and writing. Basic German knowledge is an advantage, but may also be
acquired during the first year of the PhD.
- You work efficiently and are well organized.

Formal requirements:
- You have earned a university degree involving a focus on Romance languages.

The University of Cologne is committed to equal opportunities and diversity.
Women are expressly encouraged to apply and given priority in accordance with
the Equal Opportunities Act of North Rhine-Westphalia
(Landesgleichstellungsgesetz – LGG NRW). We also expressly welcome
applications from people with special needs or of equal status.

In addition to the usual documents (a cover letter describing your
qualifications and motivation for applying for this position, CV and copies of
the relevant university degree(s) including transcripts), please send your
Master's thesis or, if it has not yet been completed, if possible two to three
preliminary chapters of the Master's thesis as well as two representative term
papers. Please do not include a photo with your application.

Please send all documents as a single PDF to the contact email below. 

Closing date is January 31, 2021. 

For questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Martin Becker at the contact
information below. 
 

Contact Information: 
	Prof. Dr. Martin Becker
	martin.becker1 at uni-koeln.de  


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