23.2773, Jobs: Spanish; Historical Ling: Researcher/PhD Fellow, U of Leuven

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Subject: 23.2773, Jobs: Spanish; Historical Ling: Researcher/PhD Fellow, U of Leuven

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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:13:15
From: Bert Cornillie [bert.cornillie at arts.kuleuven.be]
Subject: Spanish; Historical Linguistics: Researcher/PhD Fellow, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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University or Organization: University of Leuven 
Department: Department of Linguistics
Job Location: Leuven, Belgium 
Web Address: http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/depling/index-e.html
Job Rank: Researcher  

Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Spanish (spa)

Description:

The Research Unit of Cognitive and Functional Linguistics at the Department 
of Linguistics of the University of Leuven is looking for applicants for a fully 
funded four-year PhD fellowship to write a dissertation on Spanish Historical 
Linguistics (start date: October/November 2012).

The PhD project is part of a larger collaborative project (GOA/12/007) 'The 
Multiple Functional Load of grammatical signs in text construction and 
processes of language change', which is funded by the Research Council of 
the University of Leuven. The team of the GOA project is composed of Bert 
Cornillie, Kristin Davidse, Jean-Christophe Verstraete and An Van linden. The 
supervisor of this work package is Bert Cornillie, its co-supervisor is Freek 
Van de Velde. 

This PhD project is entitled 'Discourse status and the development of clitic 
doubling in Spanish' and its aim is to account for the origin and evolution of 
(indirect) object doubling in Spanish (e.g. Se (COI) lo (COD) dije a mi vecino 
(COI) 'I told it to my neighbour'). A summary of the research project can be 
requested by e-mail.

Applications are invited from candidates with the following qualifications:
- Strong analytical skills and the motivation to pursue creative work in 
historical linguistics.
- An interest in authentic corpus data, text editions and discourse traditions.
- An MA (or equivalent) in Linguistics or Philology and academic distinction.
- An excellent command of Spanish and a good command of English.
- A cooperative attitude and the ability to play an active role in the research 
group (including its weekly seminars).
- The ability to present research results at international conferences, and to 
publish in English in peer-reviewed journals.

Motivated candidates meeting these criteria are invited to apply online 
according to the instructions given at 
http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/vacancies_aapbap/phd_humanities.html#linguistics

Please include a cover letter, a CV, the names of up to three referees we 
may contact prior to appointment, and a sample piece of writing. The deadline 
for applications is July 15th 2012.

Interviews will be held with shortlisted candidates in the second half of 
August (in person or online for overseas applicants). A decision will be made 
by the end of August.

The fellow will receive a salary of approximately 1700 EUR/month (after 
taxes) for a period of four years and all regular provisions for PhD fellows at 
the University of Leuven. In addition, s/he will be allocated office space and a 
laptop, and receive funding for research activities like attending conferences 
abroad and organizing workshops and conferences in Leuven or elsewhere.
 
The successful candidate may be asked to provide (limited) assistance with  
teaching, student supervision and data management. S/he will join a dynamic 
research team (including six faculty members, several postdoctoral fellows 
and many PhD students). 
 
For further information, please contact the project's supervisors, Bert Cornillie 
bert.cornillie at arts.kuleuven.be or Freek Van de Velde 
freek.vandevelde at arts.kuleuven.be .

Start date: October/November 2012
End date: September 2016


Application Deadline: 15-Jul-2016 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/vacancies_aapbap/phd_humanities.html 
Contact Information:
	Bert Cornillie 
	Email: bert.cornillie at arts.kuleuven.be 





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