32.2457, Support: Morphology: PhD, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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Subject: 32.2457, Support: Morphology: PhD, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:20:21
From: Artemis Alexiadou [artemis.alexiadou at hu-berlin.de]
Subject: Morphology: PhD, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

 Institution/Organization: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 
Department: LeibnizDream 
Web Address: https://leibnizdream.eu/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: Morphology 
 

Description:

We invite applications for two three-year PhD positions in the ERC research
project LeibnizDream, Compressor Group, PI Artemis Alexiadou, starting in the
fall of 2021, (www.leibnizdream.eu). Pay is at 65% of E13 TV-L HU payment
scale.

You are expected to carry out research in one of the following areas of
morpho-syntax/semantics:
- The expression of causation and agency
- Of motion events
- The binary connectives
- Negative concepts such as exclusion, antonyms, and negation
- Quantificational concepts including genericity and distributivity
- Dependencies most frequently analyzed as variable binding (wh-questions,
relative clauses, degree clauses)

You are expected to work with experts on morpho-syntax, language acquisition
and semantics, which aim to design and evaluate cross-linguistic acquisition
studies to test the Meaning First view of grammar the project is based on. The
comparative experiments are carried out across up to 50 different languages in
collaboration with partners across the globe following the specification of
the project grant. 

Requirements:
- Completed University degree (M.A.) in Linguistics
- Expertise in morphosyntactic crosslinguistic investigations
- Expertise in bilingualism or sign languages

Please send you application (including a letter of intent specifying research
experience and intended contributions to the project, the curriculum vitae
including list of publications, electronic copy of one representative writing
and the names and email addresses of at least two scholars to be contacted for
letters of recommendation), and quoting the reference number DR/111/21 to 
Prof. Artemis Alexiadou, in electronic form as one PDF file to
artemis.alexiadou at hu-berlin.de.

HU is seeking to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching,
and specifically encourages qualified female scholars to apply. Severely
disabled applicants with equivalent qualifications will be given preferential
consideration. People with an immigration background are specifically
encouraged to apply. Since we will not return your documents, please submit
copies in the application only.

Please visit our website www.hu-berlin.de/stellenangebote, which gives you
access to the legally binding German version.
 

Contact Information: 
	Professor Artemis Alexiadou
	artemis.alexiadou at hu-berlin.de  


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