PhD student position - Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS)

[Natalia Gagarina]

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Centre for General Linguistics, Typology and Universals Research 
(Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft - ZAS) Berlin, Germany is the 
legal representative of six non-universitary research institutes in 
Berlin, funded by the Federal Republic of Germany and the community of 
the German Lands.

ZAS invites applications for
a PhD student position in the project "Language Acquisition as a Window 
to Social Integration among Russian Language Minority Children in 
Germany and Israel"

in the Language Acquisition Research Group of the ZAS (Head Prof. Dr. M. 
Krifka) starting at September-October, 2007.

Key areas of activity will be linguistic investigation of longitudinal 
and experimental data (topic areas: (a) linguistic: morpho-syntax, 
discourse and pragmatic; (b) sociolinguistic: identity and attitudes).


A candidate should have basic knowledge of (depending on the person’s 
PhD research):
- experimental methods in language acquisition research,
- theoretical linguistics,

- sociolinguistics
- statistics (basic knowledge)

A researcher must be fluent in German (and in Russian). Experience in 
working with children is preferable. Readiness to participate on 
multilingual team and in interdisciplinary research is expected. A 
university degree (BA/MA) in Linguistics or Developmental Psychology is 
required. Please direct your queries to Dr. N. Gagarina 
(gagarina at zas.gwz-berlin.de).

The initial appointment is for two years. The half-time schedule is 20 
hours per week, and the salary is according to the German TVoeD 
1/2(East) scale. ZAS is an equal opportunity employer.


As far as possible we ask to avoid sending application papers by e-mail. 
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae and photocopies of 
certificates, including a cover letter to:

Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS)
Dr. Natalia Gagarina
Schuetzenstr. 18
10117 Berlin

The post will begin on September 1, 2007 (or as soon as possible 
thereafter), and will continue until August 31, 2009.


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Dr. Natalia Gagarina

Research Center for General Linguistics - ZAS

Schutzenstr. 18

D-10117, Berlin

<http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/mitarb/homepage/gagarina/>

Tel: +49-30-20192-503

Fax: +49-30-20192-402

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