Postdoctoral Research Position, University of York

[Dunstan Brown]

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Applications are invited for a 24-month postdoctoral research position
based in the newly-created Centre for Linguistic History and Diversity,
part of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University
of York. The Centre includes an international research collaboration
between York, the University of Pennsylvania (USA), and the University of
Campinas (Brazil), which aims to develop a unified and integrated approach
to language diversity revolving around three fundamental questions:

   - How can the mechanisms of language variation through time be
   investigated?
   - What is the potential scope of language diversity (beyond the
   vocabulary)?
   - How did the languages of the world actually diversify from their
   (pre-)historical ancestors?

The position is intended to develop the computional and mathematical
infrastructure for current and planned research projects in the Centre. It
involves developing the statistical and computational infrastructure for
sophisticated linguistic modelling of large data sets, in the first
instance focussed on syntax and morphology, as the basis for advanced
research from historical and/or typological perspectives. A strong
mathematical and computational background is necessary, as well as a
demonstrated interest in addressing issues of comparative linguistic
significance.

A significant amount of the funding for the position will be provided
through the LANGELIN ERC Advanced Grant project, PI Prof. Giuseppe
Longobardi www.york.ac.uk/language/research/projects/langelin/).

An important part of the research to be conducted by the appointee will be
concerned with assessing and developing statistical and phylogenetic
programs for the morphosyntactic classification of world languages and
genealogical reconstruction of their prehistory.

The post is available from 1 January 2014, or as soon as possible
thereafter, on a full-time basis for a fixed-term period of 24 months.

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Dunstan Brown
Department of Language and Linguistic Science
University of York
Heslington, York
YO10 5DD
United Kingdom

Tel: 01904 32 2653

*Network Morphology: a Defaults-based Theory of Word Structure*. Available
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