26.4532, Support: Austronesian; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Typology / Germany

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Subject: 26.4532, Support: Austronesian; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Typology / Germany

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:28:33
From: Kilu von Prince [kilu.von.prince at hu-berlin.de]
Subject: Austronesian; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Typology, PhD, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

 Institution/Organization: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 
Department: Deutsche Sprache und Linguistik 
Web Address: https://www.linguistik.hu-berlin.de/de 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Typology 
 

                      Austronesian 

Description:

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin offers a 3-year position for a Ph.D. candidate beginning on March 1, 2016. Payment is according to the German TV-L pay scale (TV-L 13, 65%). The position is part of the project ''A corpus-based contrastive study of tense, aspect, modality and polarity in Austronesian languages of Melanesia'' (MelaTAMP), which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The position also includes funding for conference participation and one field trip to Vanuatu.

The aim of the project is the exploration of small corpora from seven Oceanic languages spoken in Vanuatu and Papua-New Guinea and a comparative analysis of their systems of TAM and negation markers. The project proposal can be found here: http://www.kiluvonprince.net/uploads/5/8/9/5/58953449/tam-oceanic_02.pdf

The successful candidate will develop their PhD topic within this project and will be involved in all its aspects, including corpus research, fieldwork in Vanuatu and organization of workshops.

Requirements

Applicants should have an M.A. degree (or equivalent) in linguistics by the start date. They should have excellent command of English. 

Preference will be given to candidates who have a demonstrated background in one or more of the following fields:

- Austronesian languages
- Corpus linguistics
- Semantics of TAM categories
- Typology
- Language documentation

Knowledge of German and programming skills will be considered a plus.

How to apply

All application documents should be sent as an email attachment in a single PDF file to the following address by December 1: kilu.von.prince at hu-berlin.de

Please choose the following subject for your email: ''MelaTAMP PhD''

Please include the following documents:

- A letter of intent (1-2 pages in English or German)
- A short CV
- A sample of your previous research
- A copy of the M.A. certificate (to be handed in by March 1 2016 if not available earlier) 

Application Deadline: 01-Dec-2015 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Kilu von Prince 
	Unter den Linden 6 
	Berlin 10099 
	Germany 
	
Contact Information: 
	Kilu von Prince 
	kilu.von.prince at hu-berlin.de  


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