23.1622, Jobs: Lang Acq; Morphology; Phonetics; Semantics; Syntax: Researcher, Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS)

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Subject: 23.1622, Jobs: Lang Acq; Morphology; Phonetics; Semantics; Syntax: Researcher, Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS)

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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:34:55
From: Werner Frey [frey at zas.gwz-berlin.de]
Subject: Language Acquisition; Morphology; Phonetics; Semantics; Syntax: Researcher, Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin, Germany

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

Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Morphology; Phonetics; Semantics; Syntax 

Description:

The Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS) invites applications for up to 
three research positions in linguistics with a starting date between July 
1st and October 1st 2012 subject to final availability of funding. 
Contracts can be extended maximally until December 31, 2013.   

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'. 
It offers in-house experimental facilities for phonetics and eye-tracking 
(Tobii T60). EEG and possibly other methods could be conveniently 
accessed through local collaborations.   

Duties are primarily research-oriented, which can include some 
administration and acquisition of external funding. It is possible to teach 
at any university in the Berlin area. 

The position is remunerated according to E13 of the German TVOeD 
pay scale. Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. by the time of 
appointment, and proven research experience and an active research 
agenda. Overall academic promise and accomplishment are the 
primary selection criteria. Special consideration will be given to 
applicants whose research integrates well with the existing strengths of 
the ZAS and its core research program, and we specifically seek to 
strengthen the following four areas:  

1) Phonetics/phonology: Applicants should have a background of 
experimental research guided by theoretical questions, with a focus on 
experimental prosody. The research proposal should include either 
acoustic or articulatory experiments related to prosodic constituents 
and/or experiments that include the manipulation of acoustic signals for 
the purpose of elucidating the role of prosody in meaning and 
discourse structure.  

2) Lexical aspects of clausal embedding: Applicants should have a 
strong background in lexical semantics and syntax and have native-like 
competence of German. In addition, applicants should have experience 
in dealing with MySQL-databases and German online corpora (e.g. 
DWDS, DeReKo). The research plan should concern the semantics of 
clause-embedding predicates in German (possibly in cross-linguistic 
perspective).  

3) Language acquisition: Applicants should have a strong background 
in experimental research, specifically eye-tracking studies with children 
or adults. Research experience and plans should focus on the 
acquisition of discourse coherence phenomena in grammar and/or 
pragmatics. Fluent competence in German is required though research 
on languages other than German is highly welcome.   

4) Theoretical Syntax: Applicants should have a strong background in 
generative syntax and its interface to morphology and/or its interface to 
semantics. The research plan should concern phenomena in the 
syntax of embedding and concatenation. Research that employs 
experiments and/or corpora would be particularly welcome.  

Applications must be submitted via electronic mail and include the 
following four items: 1) a curriculum vitae including a complete list of 
publications; 2) electronic copies of three representative publications in 
pdf-format; 3) a letter of intent specifying research experience and 
plans in detail; 4) the names of at least two scholars to be contacted for 
letters of recommendation. Please name your documents along the 
following convention: zas2012-no. of position-last name-document 
content.pdf, e.g. zas2012-1-smith-cv.pdf

Application Deadline: 30-Apr-2012 

Email Address for Applications: application at zas.gwz-berlin.de 
Contact Information:
	Werner Frey 
	Email: frey at zas.gwz-berlin.de 

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