34.676, Support: Philosophy of Language; Semantics; Syntax: PhD, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France

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Subject: 34.676, Support: Philosophy of Language; Semantics; Syntax: PhD, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France

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From: Friederike Moltmann [fmoltmann at unice.fr]
Subject: Philosophy of Language; Semantics; Syntax: PhD, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France

Institution/Organization: Université Côte d'Azur
Department: BCL
Web Address:
https://univ-cotedazur.fr/laboratoires/bases-corpus-langage-bcl-1

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Philosophy of Language; Semantics; Syntax; philosophy
of language, generative syntax

Description:

The ANR-DFG Project IMMAGES (“Hosting a clause: Implications for the
matrix and its guests” https://cethis.univ-tours.fr/version-francaise/
projets-finances/fral-immages) invites application for a three-year
PhD positions starting on Sept. 1, 2023 to be hosted in Université
Côte d’Azur, Bases Corpus Langage (UMR7320, CNRS-UCA), Nice, France,
https://bcl.cnrs.fr/, under the supervision of Friederike Moltmann.

Keywords: propositional attitudes, modality, sentence meaning,
propositions, clausal embedding, syntax-semantics interface

Application Deadline: March 24 2023

Contact Information Friederike.MOLTMANN at univ-cotedazur.fr

The goal of the project is to contribute to our understanding of
clausal complementation by focusing on the way clausal complements
(e.g., “(I think) that it is raining”) are inserted in the matrix
clause. This matter has been the subject of much research in the past
50 years because, compared to an NP object, the relationship of the
clause to the matrix predicate notoriously tends to be deviant both
semantically and syntactically. A number of hypotheses try to account
for these facts (ranging from giving up with the very concept of
complementation to salvaging it semantically and/or syntactically or
positing a pivot between the matrix predicate and the clause, whatever
its nature).  The project aims to put to the test the various ideas,
building on the history of languages, dialectological variation,
linguistic comparison, philosophical insights, starting with Basque,
French, German (and dialects of German), Greek, Hungarian.

The present position is for a student of linguistics or philosophy (or
both) who wants to pursue a semantic or philosophical topic relating
to syntactic constructions of clausal embedding, such as attitude
reports, embedded interrogatives, and modal sentences. Supervisor:
Friederike Moltmann.

Payment: 1800€/months (average net salary over the three years)
Support will be provided for travel expenses as well as a computer

Application Requirements:
Candidates should have a good background in semantics and philosophy
of language and a serious interest in generative syntax.

Supporting Documents:
- Curriculum Vitae (CV);
- Cover letter explaining the motivation, experience, research
interests of the applicant, elaborating on how these fit in with the
research goals of the project (1-2 pages);
- The contact information for up to three referees (who may be
contacted at a later stage);
- One or two writing samples (Master's thesis if completed).
All supporting documents for the application should be emailed
electronically as a single pdf file to fmoltmann at unice.fr

Application Deadline: 24-Mar-2023

Contact Information:
Dr. Friederike Moltmann
fmoltmann at unice.fr

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