[Lingtyp] Job: Extended deadline for PhD / postdoc position in psycholinguistics, University of Zurich, Switzerland

[manuel.widmer at uzh.ch]

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Dear List members, 

we would like to bring to your attention that the application deadline for the following two positions at the Department of Comparative Linguistics, University of Zurich, Switzerland has been extended to Tuesday, April 30. We would be very grateful if you could further distribute this message at your university / your institution.

Best regards,
Manuel Widmer


Postdoctoral researcher with specialization in psycholinguistics / cognitive linguistics
The Department of Comparative Linguistics, in collaboration with the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich invites applications for a 4-year Postdoctoral Researcher position in the Swiss National Science Foundation project “Ergativity, Event Cognition and Evolutionary Biases in Language”. The project investigates the relationship between agent preferences in event cognition and language structure in a diverse set of languages. The postdoctoral researcher will conduct eye tracking and EEG experiments on Chintang (Sino-Tibetan) and Swiss German, with both children and adults and together with corpus studies. The experiments on Chintang will be carried out during several field trips in Eastern Nepal.

The ideal candidate holds a PhD in linguistics, psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, or a similar field. The ideal candidate also possesses prior experience with one or more of the following: Linguistic fieldwork, eye tracking and/or EEG, experimental studies with babies and infants, programming (R, Python, MATLAB ), statistical data analysis. Knowledge of Nepali or willingness to acquire a working knowledge of the language quickly is essential. 

Apart from their CVs, applicants should submit (a) a sample of their writing (dissertation chapter, article), (b) names of 2-3 persons willing to provide a letter of reference, and (c) a cover letter explaining their expertise and interest in the project. We strongly aim at gender balance and particularly encourage women to apply. Applications should be sent as a single PDF to jobs at ivs.uzh.ch, with the subject header “E3 Postdoc”. Application deadline is April 30, 2019. The starting date is October 1, 2019. For further information contact balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch or martin.meyer at uzh.ch.


PhD position in psycholinguistics / cognitive linguistics
The Department of Comparative Linguistics, in collaboration with the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich invites applications for a 4-year PhD student position in the Swiss National Science Foundation project “Ergativity, Event Cognition and Evolutionary Biases in Language”. The project investigates the relationship between agent preferences in event cognition and language structure in a diverse set of languages. The PhD student will conduct eye tracking and EEG experiments on Basque and Swiss German, with both children and adults, in collaboration with partners in France and Spain. 

The ideal candidate holds an MA/MSc in linguistics, psychology, cognitive science or a similar field. Knowledge of Basque is an advantage; otherwise willingness to acquire a working knowledge of the language quickly is essential. The ideal candidate also possesses prior experience with one or more of the following: experimental studies, eye tracking and/or EEG, programming (R, Python, MATLAB), statistical data analysis. 

Apart from their CVs, applicants should submit (a) a sample of their writing (e.g., from their MA thesis), (b) names of 2-3 persons willing to provide a letter of reference, and (c) a cover letter explaining their expertise and interest in the project. We strongly aim at gender balance and particularly encourage women to apply. Applications should be sent as a single PDF to jobs at ivs.uzh.ch, with subject header “E3 PhD”. Application deadline is April 30, 2019. The starting date is October 1, 2019. For further information contact balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch or martin.meyer at uzh.ch.

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