33.3264, Support: West Germanic; Computational Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD, Ghent University

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Subject: 33.3264, Support: West Germanic; Computational Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD, Ghent University

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:39:44
From: Alexandra Simonenko [alexandra.simonenko at ugent.be]
Subject: West Germanic; Computational Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

 Institution/Organization: Ghent University 
Department: Linguistics 
Web Address: https://www.ugent.be/lw/taalkunde/en 

Level: PhD 

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 
Formal Linguistics 

                      West Germanic 

Description:

The Department of Linguistics at Ghent University opens a fully funded 4-year
PhD position within the ERC-funded project CAUSALITY. The goal of the project
is to investigate causes of language change and conservativity using formal
theoretical modeling, artificial agent simulations, and empirical data from
historical treebanks of three West Germanic languages: Dutch, English, and Low
German. In addition to the theoretical objectives, the project aims at
significantly enlarging an existing small treebank of historical Dutch.

Position Description:
 - At least 90% of the assignment will be spent on academic research in
preparation of a doctoral dissertation.
 - The research area of the PhD project will cover historical changes in
subject encoding (overt (pro)nominal arguments, verbal affixes) from the
perspective of formal semantics and pragmatics and quantitative corpus-based
modeling.
 - In addition to theoretical research, the position involves an active
participation in constructing a historical treebank of Dutch.

Position support:
 - A scholarship contract of indefinite duration with a maximum term of 4
years.
 - The contract will start on 15/02/2023 at the earliest;
 - The remuneration will be determined by salary scale WM1. (For more
information about UGent salary scales
https://www.ugent.be/en/work/talent/welcoming-new-staff/salaryscales/wpwm2.htm
)
 - Bespoke training for the successful candidate will be available through the
Doctoral
School’s curriculum (https://www.ugent.be/doctoralschools/en/regulations).
Every PhD student at Ghent University can compose a training curriculum of a
selection of specialist and transferrable skills courses as required.
Specifically, there is the possibility to follow courses on statistical
treatment of natural language data at Ghent University and within the
Flanders’ Training Network for Methodology and Statistics (FLAMES), as well as
the possibility to acquire the necessary background in formal semantics and
pragmatics.
 - All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as a
wide range of training and education opportunities, 36 days of holiday leave
(on an annual basis for a full-time job) supplemented by annual fixed bridge
days, a bicycle allowance and eco vouchers.
 - Full support for participation in international conferences, thematic
workshops, and trainings.

Position prerequisites:
 - Master’s degree in formal theoretical or computational linguistics with a
strong interest in natural language change. 
 - An active knowledge of at least basic statistical concepts and readiness to
learn more.
 - Fluency in oral and written English.

CAUSALITY project description:
https://research.ugent.be/web/result/project/8b886689-febf-49b8-8c63-f84a68bfa
2c3/details/causality-41u05622-modeling-causes-of-language-change-and-conserva
tism/en

Application procedure:
Please send the following documents as pdf’s to Prof. Alexandra Simonenko at
alexandra.simonenko (at) ugent.be by 2/12/2022:

 - CV
 - Motivation letter (max. 2 pages)
 - Diploma. If you have a foreign diploma in a language other than Belgian
national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a
translation in one of the mentioned languages.
 - An overview of the relevant coursework (max. 1 page).
 - 2 reference letters: please arrange to be sent directly to Prof. Alexandra
Simonenko at alexandra.simonenko (at) ugent.be.

As Ghent University maintains an equal opportunities and diversity policy,
everyone is encouraged to apply for this position.

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Prof. Alexandra
Simonenko (alexandra.simonenko (at) ugent.be).
 

Application Deadline: 12-Dec-2022 

Contact Information: 
	Alexandra Simonenko
	alexandra.simonenko at ugent.be  


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