10 Ph.D. Scholarships, University of Freiburg

[martin.hilpert]

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10 Ph.D. Scholarships in Linguistics “Frequency effects in language”

The *University of Freiburg*, one of Germany’s nine Universities of 
Excellence, invites applications for 10 fully-funded Ph.D. scholarships 
in linguistics, beginning no earlier than October 1, 2009, and no later 
than March 1, 2010. Successful applicants will be members of the 
*Research Training Group* on “Frequency effects in language” 
(Graduiertenkolleg GRK 1624/1) funded by the German Research Foundation 
(DFG).

*Frequency* is assumed to be a possible determinant in usage-based 
models of language change, language acquisition and language processing. 
In the Ph.D. projects this determinant will be investigated with a view 
both to its explanatory potential and its limitations. The envisaged 
research integrates descriptive-linguistic and 
cognitivist-psycholinguistic approaches and is empirically based on 
corpora for standard and non-standard varieties of European languages.
We offer a *high-profile research environment*, an interdisciplinary 
*teaching programme*, a full* *grant of *13,200 € per annum* for a 
period of up to *3 years*, and additional grants covering travel and 
research expenses.
For more information on the Research Training Group, envisaged Ph.D. 
projects, and application details, please visit our website: 
*http://www.hpsl.uni-freiburg.de/grk-frequenz 
<http://www.hpsl.uni-freiburg.de/grk-frequenz>*

*Deadline for application: June 22, 2009***