26.3040, Jobs: Historical Linguistics; Morphology; Sociolinguistics; Syntax; Typology: Post Doc, LABEX Empirical Foundations of Linguistics (EFL), Paris

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Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:27:37
From: SAMVELIAN Pollet [pollet.samvelian at univ-paris3.fr]
Subject: Historical Linguistics; Morphology; Sociolinguistics; Syntax; Typology: Post Doc, LABEX Empirical Foundations of Linguistics (EFL), Paris, Ile-de-France, France

University or Organization: LABEX Empirical Foundations of Linguistics (EFL), Paris 
Department: Sorbonne Paris Cité (SPC)
Job Location: Ile-de-France, France 
Web Address: http://www.labex-efl.org/?q=en/
Job Title: Contact & morphosyntactic variation in West Asia - Areal typological approach
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics; Morphology; Sociolinguistics; Syntax; Typology 

Description:

The Labex EFL (Empirical Foundations of Linguistics) is offering a
post-doctoral position: Contact and morphosyntactic variation in West Asia
area: An areal typological approach.  It is a full time position for 10
months. 

Job Description

Several languages and language families coexist in West Asian Area (Anatolia,
Caucasus, Iran, Near-East), having both large overlapping zones and
significant dialectal fragmentation, implying complex contact processes. This
job is part of a project aiming to build a geo-referenced database similar to
those used in dialectology, combining sociolinguistic, typological, and
genetic data about languages of the project, and morphological or syntactical
parameters identified as relevant for this area and contact sensitive, as the
syntax of relative clause, clitics, Genitive-Dative syncretism, differential
object marking, periphrastic verbal tenses, etc. The candidate will be asked
to provide the theoretical-empirical basis that will allow modelizing the
database concerning the linguistic category selected by the candidate. 

Work will be carried out with:

- A team of linguists, specialists of the languages of the project
- Computer scientists configuring the database and a cartographer

The Competence and Experience Needed

- Previous work and referenced publications in general linguistics or typology
or dialectology about one of the morphological or syntactical parameters
identified as relevant for this area (excepting Relative Clause) and
- Advanced competence concerning one of the modern languages of the concerned
Area  (ability to deal with first-hand data): Levantine Arabic, Modern
Aramaic, Armenian, Caucasian Languages, Iranian Languages, Turkic languages,
Gypsy Languages, spoken in the Anatolia/Caucasus/Iran/Near-East area and
- Good proficiency in mastering issues of areal typology and implicational
typology and
- Ability to work collectively
- Interest in quantitative and experimental approaches will be a plus

Context and Deliverables

The work will be carried out within the framework of the operation LC3 of the
Strand 3 of LabexEFL, (http://axe3.labex-efl.org/?q=fr/LC3f “Languages,
Dialects and Isoglosses of the Iran-Caucasus-Anatolia-Near-East Area”.The
Post-Doc will be based in the Research team MII and will work in collaboration
with an engineer- cartographer. He will be supervised by Pollet Samvelian and
Anaïd Donabedian, and will participate to project meetings, allowing to
approve his work at some crucial stages. Post-doc’s own topic will lead to
co-publications and personal publications.

Deliverables: beside publications, candidates work should lead to the
elaboration of a typological questionnaire aiming to modelize the database of
the project.

To Candidate:

Please, send by email

- A 5 page abstract of the research project presenting the linguistic
parameter selected by the candidate, arguing his relevance for the project,
and giving a methodological sketch of the areal-typological  approach he/she
aims to apply in his work. The abstract, including examples from at least one
of the modern languages of the area, should demonstrate candidate’s ability to
have a theoretical thinking, either in a typological, dialectological or areal
perspective. A short reference list is expected.
- CV including publications list
- Name & email address
- An abstract of the doctoral thesis

The application has to be sent to Pollet Samvelian
(pollet.samvelian at univ-paris3.fr), Anaïd Donabédian (adonabedian at inalco.fr)
and Martine Vanhove (vanhove at vjf.cnrs.fr)

Deadline for application: July 27th, 2015 (midnight Paris time) 
Start of work: October 1st, 2015
Salary: 2200 euros (net of taxes)

More information here: http://www.labex-efl.org/?q=en/node/320

Application Deadline: 27-Jul-2015 

Email Address for Applications: (see above) 
Contact Information:
	Professor SAMVELIAN Pollet 
	Email: pollet.samvelian at univ-paris3.fr 

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