35.594, Support: Ibero-Romance; Portuguese, Spanish; Semantics, Syntax: PhD, University of Vienna

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Subject: 35.594, Support: Ibero-Romance; Portuguese, Spanish; Semantics, Syntax: PhD, University of Vienna

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Date: 16-Feb-2024
From: Albert Wall [albert.wall at univie.ac.at]
Subject: Ibero-Romance; Portuguese, Spanish; Semantics, Syntax: PhD, University of Vienna


Institution/Organization: University of Vienna
Department: Institute of Romance Studies
Web Address: https://romanistik.univie.ac.at/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research Project Work

Specialty Areas: Semantics; Syntax
Required Language(s): Portuguese (por)
                      Spanish (spa)
                      Ibero-Romance

Description:

The newly funded Spezialforschungsbereich (SFB) ‘Language Between
Redundancy and Deficiency’ is seeking to hire two PhD candidates for
one of its subprojects for up to four year positions, starting in
March 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Subproject: Deficiency and redundancy in Ibero-romance pronominal
systems
PI: Albert Wall
Location: Vienna, Institute of Romance Studies

2 PhD positions (predoc, 75%)

The successful candidates will work on clitic doubling and/or null
objects in varieties of Spanish and/or Portuguese, studying the
micro-variation within and between these varieties comparatively with
experimental methods. The over-arching goal of the project is to
develop explicit accounts which link stochastic/variational data to
symbolic systems of grammar based on the SFB’s theory of deficiency
and redundancy.

Applicants should have an interest in the topic(s), show initiative
and have excellent command of Spanish and/or Portuguese (ideally
both), as well as a solid background in empirical and/or theoretical
comparative Ibero-romance linguistics, ideally with a specialization
in experimental methods.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the project
work, including publications and conference participation, assist in
organizational matters, and complete a PhD dissertation at the
university of Vienna during the four years of the program.

For more information please contact the PI (albert.wall at univie.ac.at).

The SFB consists of 8 subprojects and an administrative subproject in
the areas of syntax, morphology and semantics, investigating the
interface of the symbolic system of grammar and the stochastic
cognitive system. The focus of the first four years will be on
pronouns, their structure, feature specification and interpretation.
The SFB involves PIs from Departments of Linguistics, German Studies,
Romance Studies and Slavic Studies at the Universities of Vienna, Graz
and Salzburg. Applicants should have MA/PhD degrees in linguistics
with specializations as detailed below. The SFB will provide an active
and lively research environment with inter-university collaborations
as well as ties to the local research communities, and an
intellectually open, inclusive and flexible work environment at three
leading Austrian universities. International applicants are
encouraged, knowledge of German is not a prerequisite, unless noted
otherwise below. Payment and benefits are as specified in the Austrian
Kollektivvertrag for public employees; in addition, the SFB provides
funds for travel, conferences, workshops and networking activities.

The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy
and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement
of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the
number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic
and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage
qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will
be given to female candidates.

We are looking forward to receiving your application (in English).
Applications should include the following documents:
 - Cover letter/statement of interest
 - CV
 - Written academic paper (thesis, other qualifying paper,
publication)
 - Copies of degree certificates
 - Addresses of potential recommenders or, optional: letters of
recommendation

Unless indicated otherwise please submit the documents as a PDF-file,
or several PDFs merged in
one zip-file. Applications should also be sent to
albert.wall at univie.ac.at

Email Address for Applications: albert.wall at univie.ac.at

Contact Information:
Dr. Albert Wall
albert.wall at univie.ac.at



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