[Lingtyp] PhD position, corpus and field research on an Austronesian language

[Uta Reinöhl]

PhD position, corpus and field research on an Austronesian language

Applications are invited to fill a PhD position in the research group 
“Non-hierarchicality in grammar. Construction for-mation without word 
class distinction across categories and languages” (Emmy Noether Group, 
DFG (German Research Foundation)) led by PI Dr. Uta Reinöhl at the 
Department of English and Linguistics of the University of Mainz (Germa-ny).

The PhD candidate will participate in research on an Austronesian 
language spoken in East Timor. S/he will work with an existing corpus as 
well as carry out short field trips with a focus on verb serialization. 
S/he will be supported in this re-search by the principal investigator 
as well as project partners such as Prof. Nikolaus Himmelmann 
(University of Co-logne). S/he will conduct research with other PhD 
candidates and the principal investigator on complex expressions 
com-bining elements of the same syntactic class, cross-linguistically 
and cross-categorially.

The ideal candidate has:
-    an MA degree (or an equivalent degree that allows for entering a 
doctoral programme) in linguistics or related fields by the end of 
February 2019
-    research interests in one or several of the following 
sub-disciplines: typology, syntax, morpho-syntax, language documentation
-    a keen interest in conducting corpus work as well as short field trips
-    social skills suitable for collaborative research with native 
speakers as well as within the research unit
-    language competence in Portuguese and/or Indonesian and/or Tetum

Further information on the research unit can be found here: 
http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/406074683

Planned starting date: March 1st 2019
Funding: E13 TV-L (65%) – Three years (with a possible extension to four 
years)
Application Deadline: Dec 10th 2018

Applications from severely disabled persons with equivalent 
qualifications will be given preference.

All application documents (a letter of motivation, CV, course 
transcript, certificates of completed degrees, two examples of 
representative written work, two names of references) should be sent by 
email to uta.reinoehl at gmail.com by Decem-ber 10th 2018. Any enquiries 
can be sent to the same address.