[Corpora-List] PhD-position: Dutch/French, discourse analysis, University of Louvain (Belgium)

[Liesbeth Degand]

The Centre for Corpus Linguistics at the University of Louvain 
(Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) is pleased to announce the opening of a 
PhD-position within the research project ''Foreign language learning: 
phraseology and discourse''.

Candidates should have an M.A. or equivalent in Dutch or French Linguistics 
(before October 1st, 2003) and a perfect knowledge of Dutch and 
French.  They should be interested in:
·       corpus-based research
·       psycho-linguistic experimental research
·       foreign language learning (Dutch/French)
·       text linguistics
·       contrastive linguistics

Project description
Under the supervision of two staff members (a psychologist and a linguist) 
and in collaboration with a PhD-student in psycholinguistics, the 
successful candidate will be responsible for the execution of the 
sub-project ''Global discourse markers in L1 and L2 writing'' in which we 
propose to study the use of global discourse markers (metadiscourse, 
segmentation, digression) in L1 and L2 writing (Dutch and French) from a 
twofold perspective: production - which signals does the writer use to help 
the reader reach a shared mental representation ' and comprehension  -' 
which signals will have a positive impact on the reader’s comprehension of 
the text. Two main research lines are planned:
RESEARCH LINE 1: THE USE OF GLOBAL DISCOURSE MARKERS AS REVEALING 
CROSS-LINGUISTIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS IN SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNING
RESEARCH LINE 2: THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL DISCOURSE MARKERS ON TEXT 
COMPREHENSION IN L1 AND L2.
A full description of the sub-project can be found at the URL: 
http://www.fltr.ucl.ac.be/FLTR/GERM/lingne/Degand/GDM-L1-L2.doc

Duration and funding
Funding is provided for four years, from October 1st, 2003 until September 
30, 2007.  A grant of approx. EUR1150/month (tax free, including social 
security) will be provided.

Information and Address for applications
Please contact dr. Liesbeth Degand (degand at lige.ucl.ac.be) for more 
information.
Applications (including CV, copy of M.A. thesis, and a letter of 
recommendation) should be sent before September 1st, 2003 to:

Dr. Liesbeth Degand
Université catholique de Louvain
Département d'Etudes germaniques
Place B. Pascal, 1
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium