[Corpora-List] Fluency and disfluency: Three PhD positions University of Louvain
Liesbeth Degand
liesbeth.degand at uclouvain.be
Wed Jun 6 07:51:28 UTC 2012
The Institute for Language and Communication at the Université
catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) has three PhD openings
within the framework of the research project "*Fluency and disfluency
markers. A multimodal contrastive perspective*" conducted jointly by the
CECL (Centre for English Corpus Linguistics), VALIBEL -- Discours et
Variation and CENTAL (Centre de traitement automatique du langage) in
collaboration with the University of Namur (Namur Research College). The
aim of the research project is to investigate markers of fluency and
disfluency in spoken and sign language, focusing on three main
modalities: first language discourse (French and English), (advanced)
foreign language discourse (English), and sign language (Belgian
French). Our central working hypothesis will be that fluency and
disfluency markers are two faces of the same phenomenon. We will
furthermore assume that their forms and functions vary systematically
according to the language, speakers, and discourse genres at stake. The
methodological approach will be that of corpus analysis (corpus-based
and corpus-driven).
The selected candidates will be engaged in a 4-year PhD project under
the supervision of one or two of the six promoters of the research
project in the following three areas:
-PhD 1: Prosodic markers of fluency and disfluency in spoken French
-PhD 2: Fluency and disfluency in English native and learner speech
-PhD 3: Discourse markers as (dis)fluency markers in English and French
speech
Profile:
-Master in linguistics or modern languages (major in linguistics), with
honours
-Native or near-native speaker of French (PhD 1) or English (PhD 2) and
very good knowledge of both languages for PhD 3
-High level of academic English
-Good knowledge of linguistic statistics or commitment to acquire it
-Familiarity with corpus linguistic methods and tools
-Dynamic and motivated
-Capacity to work independently and as part of a team
-Previous experience with the analysis of spoken language and/or
discourse features is an asset
We offer a motivating research environment with many opportunities for
collaboration with other researchers working on the same project. The
salary consists of a PhD grant including social security (+/- 1500 EUR
net/month).
Start of grant: between September 1^st , 2012 and January 1^st , 2013
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on July 15^th 2012 and
continue until the position is filled.
If you are interested in one of the above PhD grants, please send a
letter of motivation, a CV, and two references in electronic form to:
PhD 1: Anne Catherine Simon (anne-catherine.simon at uclouvain.be)
PhD 2: Gaëtanelle Gilquin (gaetanelle.gilquin at uclouvain.be) and Sylviane
Granger (sylviane.granger at uclouvain.be)
PhD 3: Liesbeth Degand (liesbeth.degand at uclouvain.be) and Gaëtanelle
Gilquin (gaetanelle.gilquin at uclouvain.be)
Additional information:
Institute for Language and Communication: www.uclouvain.be/ilc
<http://www.uclouvain.be/ilc>
(Dis)fluency project: http://www.uclouvain.be/415256.html
Centre for English Corpus Linguistics: www.uclouvain.be/cecl
<http://www.uclouvain.be/cecl>
CENTAL: www.uclouvain.be/cental <http://www.uclouvain.be/cental>
Valibel -- Discours & Variation: www.uclouvain.be/valibel
<http://www.uclouvain.be/valibel>
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