34.701, Support: Germanic; German; Syntax: PhD, University of Tübingen, Germany

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Subject: 34.701, Support: Germanic; German; Syntax: PhD, University of Tübingen, Germany

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From: Katrin Axel-Tober [katrin.axel-tober at uni-tuebingen.de]
Subject: Germanic; German; Syntax : PhD, University of Tübingen, Germany

Institution/Organization: University of Tübingen
Department: German Linguistics
Web Address: https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/philosophische-fakul
taet/fachbereiche/neuphilologie/deutsches-s

Level: PhD

Duties: Research Project Work

Specialty Areas: Syntax; syntax, clausal embedding, diachronic and
dialectal variation, German, comparative Germanic
Required Language(s): German (deu)
                      Germanic

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 at Universität
Tübingen, Deutsches Seminar, Abteilung für germanistische Linguistik,
under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Katrin Axel-Tober.

Keywords: syntax, clausal embedding, diachronic and dialectal
variation, German, comparative Germanic
Application Deadline: March 27, 2023
Contact Information katrin.axel-tober at uni-tuebingen.de

The goal of the binational ANR-DFG Project IMMAGES 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.

A subsection of IMMAGES is hosted in Tübingen and deals with ‘Clausal
complementation in German(ic)’. The PhD-thesis should deal with finite
clausal complementation and cover aspects of diachronic and/or
dialectal variation in German - and potentially in further Germanic
languages. Potential topics could relate to the morphosyntax of
complementizer-types beyond the THAT-type complementizer,
correlate/placeholder constructions, relation of complement clauses to
relative and/or adverbial clauses, noun complement clauses etc.

Payment: federal German pay scale TV-L E13, 65%.
Support will be provided for travel expenses

Application Requirements:
 - Candidates should have a background in syntax and morphology.
Acquaintance with diachronic databases and digital corpora of
historical and modern German is an advantage.
 - Formal requirement: master’s degree (to be completed by August 2023
at the latest)
 - Knowledge of German is required.

Supporting Documents:
 - curriculum Vitae (CV);
 - cover letter explaining the motivation, experience, research
interests of the applicant (1-2 pages);
 - master's thesis (if completed, if still in progress, specify
submission date)
All supporting documents for the application should be emailed
electronically as a single pdf file to
katrin.axel-tober at uni-tuebingen.de

Application Deadline: 27-Mar-2023

Contact Information:
Prof.  Dr. Katrin Axel-Tober
katrin.axel-tober at uni-tuebingen.de

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