33.3294, Support: Garifuna; Yaka (H.30); Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics; Typology: PhD, Leiden University

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Subject: 33.3294, Support: Garifuna; Yaka (H.30); Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics; Typology: PhD, Leiden University

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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 21:05:02
From: Maria Carmen Parafita Couto [m.parafita.couto at hum.leidenuniv.nl]
Subject: Garifuna; Yaka (H.30); Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics; Typology: PhD, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

 Institution/Organization: Leiden University 
Department: Leiden University Center for Linguistics 
Web Address: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/leiden-university-centre-for-linguistics 

Level: PhD 

Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics; Typology 

Required Language(s): Garifuna (cab)

                      Yaka (H.30) 

Description:

Application link:
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2022/kwartaal-3/22-67513049phd-
researcher-in-linguistics-language-use-and-code-mixing

The Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) is
looking for a PhD researcher in linguistics: 'language use and code-mixing'
(1,0 FTE)
Vacancy number: 22-675 13049 

Project description: 
 - The PhD candidate will carry out research in the framework of the
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) funded project
"Crossing language borders " led by Prof. dr. E. O. Aboh (UvA), Prof. dr. F.
K. Ameka (LUCL) dr M.C. Parafita Couto (LUCL & U. Vigo), and dr. A.
Beaty-Martinez (McGill University).
 - The project’s aim is to yield an integrated approach to multilingual speech
that is both descriptively and explanatorily adequate. Despite extensive
research in this area, no clear explanation emerges about the regularities
underlying mixed speech. While most existing studies focus on Western
communities in which Code Switching/ Code Mixing (CSCM) is socially
disfavoured, this project investigates CSCM in multilingual communities, Benin
(West Africa) and Belize (Central America), where multilingual discourse
involving CSCM is the norm. We will use a multimethod, comparative approach,
linking linguistic, cognitive and social factors to help us understand how
multilinguals adapt to communicative demands of contexts where CSCM is the
norm.

We are looking for a talented and creative junior scholar with a Master’s
degree (or equivalent) who is fascinated by language use in a multilingual
community, and is curious about how to describe and analyse CSCM phenomena
from an interdisciplinary perspective. We expect you to conduct fieldwork in a
multilingual community in Belize. You will collect data on CSCM, transcribe
and annotate them digitally, and analyse the data in scholarly articles or
book chapters as part of your thesis. You will present your results in
(inter)national conferences, and participate in research activities within the
project team and within the Leiden University of Linguistics as well as with
collaborating groups at the Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication
(ACLC), UvA. At the end of the four years of appointment you will submit and
defend your doctoral thesis. 

Tasks and responsibilities:
 - Submission of a PhD thesis within the period of appointment;
 - Collection of community network data;
 - Stimuli creation for speech elicitation tasks;
 - Collection, transcription, and annotation of naturalistic CSCM data;
 - Coding and analysis of naturalistic and elicited CSCM data;
 - Participating in meetings of the project research group and developing a
shared database;
 - Publishing co-authored and single-authored peer reviewed articles as part
of the thesis;
 - Presenting intermediate research results at (inter)national
workshops/conferences;
 - Organising knowledge dissemination and training activities;
 - Teach courses at bachelor’s and/or assist at master’s level in the 2nd and
3rd year (0,2 FTE per year).
 - Participation in the Research School and Faculty of Humanities PhD training
programmes.

Selection criteria: 
 - A completed Master's degree in linguistics or related fields (e.g.,
sociolinguistics, grammatical description, psycholinguistics, anthropology of
language, language and education).
 - Excellent research and field or lab work skills demonstrated by your
Master's thesis and a demonstrable capacity to develop a track record of
publishing in high-ranking journals and/or with leading presses;
 - A strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative
research;
 - Enthusiasm for communicating academic research to non-academic audiences;
 - Excellent command of Spanish and/or English, and also knowledge of Belizean
Kriol and/or a Mayan language or any other local language.

Application Deadline: 06-Nov-2022 

Web Address for Applications: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2022/kwartaal-3/22-67513049phd-researcher-in-linguistics-language-use-and-code-mixing 

Contact Information: 
	Dr. M. Carmen Parafita Cotuo
	m.parafita.couto at hum.leidenuniv.nl  

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