Fwd: 22.4755, Support: Welsh & Neurolinguistics: PhD Student, U of Marburg, Germany

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

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> Subject: 22.4755, Support: Welsh & Neurolinguistics: PhD Student, U of Marburg, Germany
> Date: November 29, 2011 11:30:04 AM EST
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> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:29:20
> From: Richard Wiese [wiese at uni-marburg.de]
> Subject: Welsh & Neurolinguistics: PhD Student, University of Marburg, Germany
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> Institution/Organization: University of Marburg 
> Department: Germanic/Celtic/Comparative Linguistics 
> Web Address: http://www.uni-marburg.de 
> 
> Level: PhD 
> 
> Duties: Research
> 
> Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Neurolinguistics 
> 
> Required Language(s): Welsh (cym)
> 
>                      Celtic 
> 
> Description:
> 
> The Departments of Comparative Linguistics / Celtic Linguistics and of Germanic
> Linguistics at the University of Marburg are seeking to fill the position of a
> PhD student (salary according to EG 13 TV-H / 2; i.e. approx. 1555 Euro/ month
> before taxes, amounting to approx. 1080 Euro / month after taxes and including
> health insurance) for the duration of three years. Starting date: January 1st
> 2012 or soon thereafter.
> 
> The position is part of the research unit 'Exploring the fundamental building
> blocks of language', which aims to identify empirically grounded concepts and
> categories for linguistic theorising by combining empirical insights from
> neurolinguistics, language acquisition, language variation and change as well as
> linguistic typology. 
> 
> The PhD student will work in a project on language processing and language 
> change in Welsh (directed by Prof. Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Prof. Erich 
> Poppe and Dr. Paul Widmer) with a particular focus on verb-first (V1) as a basic 
> word order. By comparing neurolinguistic data (using EEG measures) on Modern
> Welsh with data on language change in Middle Welsh, it aims to identify factors
> that favour V1 orders.
> 
> The PhD student holding this position will work on the neurolinguistics side of
> the project. He/she will use EEG to study word order processing in Modern Welsh.
> While his/her main place of work will be in Marburg, the EEG experiments will be
> conducted in Wales.
> 
> The successful candidate will hold a Master's degree in linguistics, psychology
> or a related field and will have prior knowledge of Welsh linguistics and/or 
> neuroscientific methods in language processing (particularly EEG). Prior 
> experience with at least one of these two areas is essential, as is an interest in 
> learning about the second. Native-speaker competence in Welsh would be ideal,
> but is not necessarily required. He/she should be able to work independently,
> have good interpersonal skills and be willing to travel to Wales to conduct
> experiments. He/she should also be willing to write his/her PhD thesis on the
> subject of the project. Knowledge of German is not essential when taking up the
> position, but an interest in learning the language is expected.
> 
> Please send your application via e-mail to Prof. Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky 
> (iboke at staff.uni-marburg.de), quoting reference fb09-0018- wmz-2011. Review of
> applications will begin immediately, but will continue until the position is filled. 
> 
> Application Deadline: 29-Apr-2012 
> 
> Mailing Address for Applications:
> 	Attn: Prof Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky 
> 	Wilhelm-Röpke-Str. 6 
> 	Marburg 35032 
> 	Germany 	
> 	
> Contact Information: 
> 	Prof Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky 
> 	iboke at staff.uni-marburg.de  
> 
> 
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