[Lingtyp] Job openings at Dept. of Comparative Linguistics, U Zurich

[paul widmer]

There is a number of vacancies at the Dept. of Comparative Linguistics, 
U Zurich, cf. below.

Please distribute and forward to anyone who may be interested!

Paul Widmer



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The Department of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Zurich 
invites applications for a *4-year Postdoctoral Researcher position with 
a specialization in morphology and syntax*and a strong interest in 
comparative/typological/diachronic/evolutionary questions. The ideal 
candidate has a solid background in both qualitative and quantitative 
data analysis as well as at least some experience with fieldwork. The 
position includes a teaching commitment of one course per semester.

Apart from their CVs, applicants should submit (a) a one-page summary of 
their dissertation, (b) one published or submitted research article, (c) 
names of 2-3 persons willing to provide a letter of reference, and (d) a 
cover letter sketching a possible project they would like to develop 
together with one or several professors at the department. We strongly 
aim at gender balance and particularly encourage women to apply. 
Applications should be sent as a single PDF to jobs @ivs.uzh.chwith 
subject header “Morphology/Syntax Postdoc”. Application deadline is 
April 15, 2019. The starting data is September 1, 2019. For further 
information contact balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch.

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The Department of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Zurich 
invites applications for a *4-year Postdoctoral Researcher position with 
a specialization in Indo-European linguistics/philology and historical 
linguistics*, with a strong interest in 
comparative/typological/evolutionary questions. The ideal candidate has 
a solid background in qualitative data acquisition and analysis as well 
as at least some experience with quantitative methods. The position 
includes a teaching commitment of one course per semester.

Apart from their CVs, applicants should submit (a) a one-page summary of 
their dissertation, (b) one published or submitted research article, (c) 
names of 2-3 persons willing to provide a letter of reference, and (d)a 
cover letter sketching a possible project they would like to develop 
together with one or several professors at the department. 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 “IE Postdoc”. Application deadline is April 15, 2019.The 
starting data is July1, 2019 or later.For further information contact 
paul.widmer at uzh.ch.

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The Department of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Zurich 
invites applications for a *4-year Postdoctoral Researcher position in 
the **Swiss National Science Foundation **Sinergia Project “Out of Asia: 
Linguistic Diversity and Population History”, with a specialization in 
the languages of the Americas (or a subregion therein). *The project is 
a collaborative effort of linguists together with experts in geography 
and in the genomics of humans and domesticated plants and animals to 
unravel the origins of linguistic diversity that developed after the 
settlement of the Americas out ofAsia.

The ideal candidate has a PhD in linguistics, with a solid background in 
both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. He or she is committed 
to work in a highly interdisciplinary and dynamic team of twelve 
researchers and further international collaborators. The position 
includes a teaching commitment of one course per semester.

Apart from their CVs, applicants should (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 subject header “OoA-Americas 
Postdoc”. Application deadline is April 15, 2019.The starting date is 
September 15, 2019.For further information contact 
balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch or paul.widmer at uzh.ch.

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The Department of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Zurich 
invites applications for a *4-year Postdoctoral Researcher position in 
the Swiss National Science Foundation Sinergia Project “Out of Asia: 
Linguistic Diversity and Population History”, with a specialization in 
the languages of Eurasia (or a subregion therein). *The project is a 
collaborative effort of linguists together with experts in geography and 
in the genomics of humans and domesticated plants and animals to unravel 
the origins of linguistic diversity that developed after the settlement 
of the Americas out ofAsia.

The ideal candidate has a PhD in linguistics, with a solid background in 
both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. He or she is committed 
to work in a highly interdisciplinary and dynamic team of twelve 
researchers and further international collaborators. The position 
includes a teaching commitment of one course per semester.

Apart from their CVs, applicants should (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 subject header “OoA-Eurasia 
Postdoc”. Application deadline is April 15, 2019. The starting date is 
September 15, 2019.For further information contact 
balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch or paul.widmer at uzh.ch.

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The Department of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Zurich 
invites applications for a *4-year Postdoctoral Researcher position in 
the Swiss National Science Foundation Sinergia Project “Out of Asia: 
Linguistic Diversity and Population History”, with a specialization in 
linguistic phylogenetics. *The project is a collaborative effort of 
linguists together with experts in geography and in the genomics of 
humans and domesticated plants and animals to unravel the origins of 
linguistic diversity that developed after the settlement of the Americas 
out ofAsia.

The ideal candidate has a PhD in linguistics or related field, with a 
solid background in comparative phylogenetic methods and linguistic 
typology. He or she is committed to work in a highly interdisciplinary 
and dynamic team of twelve researchers and further international 
collaborators. The position includes a teaching commitment of one course 
per semester.

Apart from their CVs, applicants should (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 subject header 
“OoA-Phylogenetics Postdoc”. Application deadline is April 15, 2019. The 
starting date is September 15, 2019. For further information contact 
balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch or paul.widmer at uzh.ch.

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The Department of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Zurich 
invites applications for a *4-year PhD position in the Swiss National 
Science Foundation Sinergia Project “Out of Asia: Linguistic Diversity 
and Population History”, with an interest in language history and area 
formation. *The project is a collaborative effort of linguists together 
with experts in geography and in the genomics of humans and domesticated 
plants and animals to unravel the origins of linguistic diversity that 
developed after the settlement of the Americas out ofAsia.

The ideal candidate has an MA in linguistics, with a solid background in 
historical linguistics and typology as well as training, or at least a 
strong interest in, quantitative analysis. He or she is committed to 
work in a highly interdisciplinary and dynamic team of twelve 
researchers and further international collaborators.

Apart from their CVs, applicants should (a) a sample of their writing 
(thesis 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 subject header “OoA PhD”. 
Application deadline is April 15, 2019. The starting date is September 
15, 2019. For further information contact balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch or 
paul.widmer at uzh.ch.

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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 sproject 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 candidateholds 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 
languagequickly 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 15, 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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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 tripsin Eastern Nepal.

The ideal candidateholds 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 15, 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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The Department of Comparative Linguistics, invites applications for a 
*language**data scientist with a focus on statistics*, in particular 
Bayesian statistics*. *The successful candidate will work closely with a 
diverse team of language scientists (Comparative Linguistics, Linguistic 
Typology, Historical Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, 
Indo-European Studies) on specific projects. S/he will provide support 
in the design and statistical analysis of experimental and observational 
studies. The ideal candidate is interested in developing new methods or 
introducing methods from other fields. Applicants should have solid 
experience with both experimental and observational data (ideally, 
linguistic data) as well as excellent skills in statistical modeling and 
machine learning. The position includes a teaching commitment of one 
course per semester. The position is initially for one year but can be 
continued depending on performance and budgetary developments.

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Apart from their CVs, applicants should submit (a) a cover letter 
explaining their expertise and interest in the job and(b) names of 2-3 
persons willing to provide a letter of reference. Applications should be 
sent as a single PDF to jobs at ivs.uzh.ch, with the subject header 
“Language Data Science”. Application deadline is April 15, 2019.The 
starting date is as early as possible. For further information contact 
sabine.stoll at uzh.ch.

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