33.3134, Jobs: Applied Linguistics: Two PhD fellows in Psycholinguistics of Multilingualism, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Subject: 33.3134, Jobs: Applied Linguistics: Two PhD fellows in Psycholinguistics of Multilingualism, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 23:01:42
From: Esli Struys [esli.struys at vub.be]
Subject: Applied Linguistics: Two PhD fellows in Psycholinguistics of Multilingualism, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

 
University or Organization: Vrije Universiteit Brussel 
Job Location: Brussels, Belgium 
Job Title: Two PhD fellows in Psycholinguistics of Multilingualism
Job Rank: Researcher

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Multilingualism


Description:

The Brussels Center for Language Studies (BCLS) of the Vrije Universiteit
Brussel (VUB) has an opening for a PhD fellowship for a total period of four
years, starting around March 2023.

The positions are part of the Strategic Research Programmes funded project
entitled “Multilingual Language Control”. The project is supervised by Mathieu
Declerck, Esli Struys, and Alex Housen.

The project is concerned with the nature and role of language control. When
multilinguals use language, all known languages are activated to some degree
and compete with each other, leading to cross-language interference which
hinders fluent and efficient language use. Language control is the process
used to minimize this cross-language interference and to allow multilinguals
to select words and grammatical structures in the appropriate or intended
language. One position will focus on the nature and influence of language
control when multilinguals only use one language within a context. While we
know that cross-language interference occurs in such a context, and thus that
language control is necessary, very few studies have empirically investigated
this possibility. The other position will focus on the link between language
control and second language acquisition since there is very little empirical
evidence into this connection.

Job description:
The candidates will become members of the Brussels Center for Language Studies
(BCLS) at the VUB. 
The candidate will prepare a PhD in (Applied) Linguistics. Activities that the
candidate will perform include:
 - develop and implement (i) theoretical concepts in line with the focus of
the research project and (ii) appropriate methodological procedures for
investigating these concepts.
 - design and conduct multiple psycholinguistic experiments (e.g. by means of
online experiments).
 - interpret the results of the analyses and report on the project in
conference presentations, academic publications and in outreach activities for
a wider public.
 - by the end of the four-year term, submit and defend a PhD dissertation
based on the project.

Please include with your application: 
 - a cover letter in English, in which you specify why you are interested in
the position and how you meet the job requirements outlined above;
 - a curriculum vitae in English;
 - a copy of BA and MA diplomas/degrees and transcripts of records;
 - an electronic copy of your master thesis and academic publications (if
applicable);
 - the names and full contact details of two academic referees



Application Deadline: 07-Nov-2022 
	  
Email Address for Applications: mathieu.declerck at vub.be 
Contact Information:
	Prof. Mathieu Declerck 
	Email: mathieu.declerck at vub.be 


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