[EDLING:756] PhD Position in Linguistics at Lund University

[Francis M. Hult]

The Faculty of Humanities at Lund University, Sweden is announcing a
Ph.D. student position in General Linguistics / Cognitive Science /
Semiotics, within the project Stages in the Evolution and Development
of Sign Use (SEDSU)

Reference number: 2019
Beginning: September 1st, 2005
Information: Jordan Zlatev, Department of Linguistics, Center for
Languages and Literature, Box 201, 22100 Lund, Sweden
Telephone: +46-46-2228448
Email: Jordan.Zlatev at ling.lu.se

The candidates will be judged primarily on the basis of their capacity
to complete the doctoral program, and must prior to sending in an
application have a conversation (possibly by telephone) with the
project leaders of the SEDSU project (Jordan Zlatev, Peter Gärdenfors
and Göran Sonesson). The SEDSU project is financed by the
EU-commission, and involves  collaboration with research groups in
London, Portsmouth, Leipzig, Rome and Marseille. The principal goal is
to uncover the origins of human cognitive uniqueness, and for that
purpose a number of cross-species comparative studies are to be
performed involving human beings and great apes.

The applicant having been assigned the position is expected to
contribute actively to the SEDSU project, and in particular to a
detailed study comparing the interaction within mother-child dyads
among humans and apes. Documented interest in this area is therefore a
requirement, and any background studies concerning human infants
and/or apes is a plus, though not a prerequisite. Knowledge of Swedish
is similarly not a requirement, but the holder of the position is
expected to put efforts into developing a workable level of competence
in the Swedish language as soon as possible.

The announced Ph.D. student position involves 4 years, “netto” (i.e.
without counting any time for parental leave or long-time illness),
with a progressively increasing salary. The holder of the position is
expected to contribute to the research environment within the project
through his or her presence at the Departments involved (Linguistics,
Cognitive Science and Semiotics) and through active participation in
Ph.D. courses and seminars.

Applications are to be sent in 2 parts, one to “Registrator, Lunds
universist, Box 117, 221 00 Lund, Sweden” and one to the Department of
Linguistics (for address, see above).

To “Registrator” should be sent:
-Application form
-CV
-Ph.D plan (i.e. a very short description of the planned Ph.D. work)
-Grades and Diplomas
-Any other certificates that the candidate wishes to appeal to

To the Department of Linguistics should be sent:
-all the above
-Bachelors and Masters theses

The application should arrive no later that May 4, 2005. Specify
clearly the reference number. All grades, diplomas and any other
certificates should be certified – if you are sending photocopies, you
must ask a person who knows you write his or her name, address,
telephone number and signature on the copy. Application forms in
Swedish can be downloaded from the following site:
http://www.ht.lu.se/intranet/Blank_ans_nyant_FU2.pdf (If you need help
in translating the application form, contact
Jordan.Zlatev at ling.lu.se).