16.19, Support: English & English Ling: PhD Student, U of Siegen

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Subject: 16.19, Support: English & English Ling: PhD Student, U of Siegen

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Date: 10-Jan-2005
From: Ingo Plag < plag at anglistik.uni-siegen.de >
Subject: English & English Ling: PhD Student, University of Siegen, Germany


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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:28:31
From: Ingo Plag < plag at anglistik.uni-siegen.de >
Subject: English & English Ling: PhD Student, University of Siegen, Germany


University or Organization: University of Siegen, Germany
Job Rank: PhD
Specialty Areas: English Linguistics
Required Language(s): English (ENG)

Description:

A position for a PhD student (1/2 BAT IIa) will become available in the
English Linguistics section of the Department of Linguistics, Literary and
Media Studies at the University of Siegen (Germany). The position should be
filled by April 1, 2005 and is restricted to two years (an extension for a
third year is possible depending on funding).

The position will be in the project 'Compound stress in English', which is
funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The aim of the project is to
provide an explanation for the variable stress behavior of English
noun-noun constructions. To overcome the shortcomings of earlier studies,
three different types of data will be used: large amounts of naturally
occurring data from speech corpora, experiments with native speakers, and
computational modeling. The emphasis of the candidate's work will be on
psycholinguistic experiments that test different hypotheses about stress
assignment in noun-noun constructions with native speakers of American
English. The project is directed by Prof. Ingo Plag and involves colleagues
at the University of Siegen, the Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics
in Nijmegen and the University of Edinburgh.

The candidate should have a masters degree (or equivalent) in (English)
Linguistics and/or cognitive psychology. Candidates should also have a
strong background in morphology/syntax/semantics and preferably experience
in experimental linguistic work (including statistics).

Candidates are requested to send their applications (including a cover
letter, CV, two letters of recommendation and a sample of written work) to
the address given below.

Address for Applications:
        Prof. Dr. Ingo Plag
plag at anglistik.uni-siegen.de
0271-740-2560
0271-740-3246

        Prof. Dr. Ingo Plag
English Linguistics Fachbereich 3 Universitaet Siegen
Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2
Siegen  D-57068
Germany





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