18.1112, Support: Estonian, Finnish & Psycholing: PhD Student, Radboud U Nijmegen

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Subject: 18.1112, Support: Estonian, Finnish & Psycholing: PhD Student, Radboud U Nijmegen

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Date: 12-Apr-2007
From: Mirjam Ernestus < mirjam.ernestus at mpi.nl >
Subject: Estonian, Finnish & Psycholinguistics: PhD Student, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:28:57
From: Mirjam Ernestus < mirjam.ernestus at mpi.nl >
Subject: Estonian, Finnish & Psycholinguistics: PhD Student, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands 

Institution/Organization: Radboud University Nijmegen 
Department: Center for Language Studies 
Web Address: http://www.ru.nl 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Project Work

Specialty Areas: Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology; Psycholinguistics 

Required Language(s): Estonian (est)
                      Finnish (fin) 

Description:

The European project 'Acoustic reduction in European languages' investigates how
speakers and listeners process acoustically reduced words, such as the
pronunciation 'yesay' for 'yesterday' and 'onry' for ordinary', in six European
languages (Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, and Spanish).  Essential
to this research program are corpora of highly spontaneous speech, which exist
for English and Dutch, but which will have to be compiled for Estonian, Finnish,
French, and Spanish in the course of this project.  Complementary to corpus
based research, the processing of acoustic reduction will be addressed by means
of psycholinguistic experiments.

The project has as its principal investigator Dr M. Ernestus. It is funded by a
European Young Investigator award, as well as by the Max Planck Institute for
Psycholinguistics and by the Radboud University. The research group is located
in the building of the Max Planck Institute, on the campus of the Radboud
University, in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. This location guarantees a stimulating
research environment with excellent experimental facilities. It offers
researchers the possibility to develop interdisciplinary skills and to discuss
their work with many internationally renowned scholars. 

The project is now offering a position for a PhD-student who will investigate
acoustic reduction in Estonian and Finnish. The PhD-student will explore which
types of reduction occur in these languages, and how the production and
comprehension of reduced words are affected by the morphological and
phonological properties of these languages. At a more general level, the PhD
student will compare synchronic reduction in modern Finnish with the diachronic
reduction that has occurred in Estonian.

The PhD student will collaborate closely with the principal investigator. In
addition, the PhD-student will be supported in his/her research (including the
compilation of the speech corpora) by a team of research assistants.

Applicants should be (near-)native in Estonian and Finnish and also be fluent in
English. They should have a master's degree in linguistics or phonetics, or
receive one within a few months. Moreover, applicants should have a basic
knowledge of the phonology, phonetics, and morphology of Estonian and Finnish. 
The successful candidate will receive a contract for three and a half years at
the Radboud University Nijmegen (www.ru.nl), under the conditions for
PhD-students at this university. 

Application Deadline: 31-May-2007 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Dr Mirjam Ernestus 
	P.O. Box 310 
	Nijmegen NL-6500 AH 
	Netherlands  

Contact Information: 
	Dr Mirjam Ernestus 
	mirjam.ernestus at mpi.nl 
	Phone:+31-243612970 
	Fax:+31-243521213

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