23.2931, Jobs: German; English; Acquisition of Connectors: Researcher/PhD Position, Centre for General Linguistics Berlin

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Subject: 23.2931, Jobs: German; English; Acquisition of Connectors: Researcher/PhD Position, Centre for General Linguistics Berlin

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Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:18:50
From: Dagmar Bittner [bittner at zas.gwz-berlin.de]
Subject: German; English; Acquisition of Connectors: Researcher/PhD Position, Centre for General Linguistics Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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University or Organization: Centre for General Linguistics Berlin 
Job Location: Berlin, Germany 
Web Address: http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de
Job Rank: Researcher, PhD Position  

Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Semantics; Syntax; Acquisition of Connectors

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      German (deu) 

Description:

We invite applications for a part time PhD research position (50%) in 
first language acquisition starting October the 1st, 2012. The position 
is part of a two year DFG-grant on the acquisition of connectives 
(and/but) in German, English, and Bulgarian at the Centre for 
General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin. Funding for additional 12 months is 
likely. 

The position is remunerated according to E13 of the German TVOeD 
payscale. The required research concerns mainly experimental 
investigations in the development of semantic connotations and the 
syntactic embedding of but in English- and partly German-learning 
children in the age range from 2:0 to 6;0. Applicants must have 
completed their university degree by the time of appointment, and 
must have a strong research interest and, ideally, some experience 
in language acquisition research, specifically discourse related 
syntactic development and experimental work. Fluent competence in 
German and English is required.

Please, submit applications until August, 31st 2012 via electronic 
mail to Dagmar Bittner at the contact email address below and 
include the following four items: 
1) A curriculum vitae including a list of publications; 
2) Electronic copies of three representative publications in pdf-
format; 
3) A letter of intent specifying research experience in detail; 
4) The names of at least two scholars to be contacted for letters of 
recommendation.

Overall academic promise and accomplishment are the primary 
selection criteria. 

The ZAS is a research institute of the State of Berlin receiving major 
financial support from the German Federal Government. Its five main 
divisions currently focus on the general research program 
Embedding, linkage and constituent boundaries in speech, grammar 
and discourse. Duties are primarily research-oriented, which can 
include some administration and acquisition of external funding.


Application Deadline: 31-Aug-2012 
Mailing Address for Applications: 
	Dagmar Bittner 
	Centre for General Linguistics 
	Schuetzenstr. 18 
	Berlin, Berlin 10117 
	Germany  
Email Address for Applications: bittner at zas.gwz-berlin.de 
Contact Information:
	Dagmar Bittner 
	Email: bittner at zas.gwz-berlin.de 
	Phone: +49 30 20192562 





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