27.215, Support: German; Construction Grammar; Psycholinguistics, Germany

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Subject: 27.215, Support: German; Construction Grammar; Psycholinguistics, Germany

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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:35:30
From: Michael Schaefer [grk at frequenz.uni-freiburg.de]
Subject: German; Construction Grammar; Psycholinguistics, PhD, University of Freiburg, Germany

 Institution/Organization: University of Freiburg 
Department: DFG GRK 1624 
Web Address: http://frequenz.uni-freiburg.de/bewerbung 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Psycholinguistics 
Construction Grammar 
Required Language(s): German (deu)

Description:

PhD position in Psycholinguistics and Construction Grammar

The Research Training Group DFG GRK 1624/2 ''Frequency effects in language''
at the University of Freiburg, Germany
(http://frequenz.uni-freiburg.de/abstract&language=en), invites applications
for a PhD position in a project supervised by Prof. Dr. Lars Konieczny
(http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/mitarbeiter/konieczny/) and Prof. Dr.
Martin Hilpert (http://members.unine.ch/martin.hilpert/).

This is a university position, with a period of appointment of two years,
starting April 1 2016, with the possibility to be extended for another six
months. The position involves working in a project investigating the
explanational adequacy of construction grammars and the psychological reality
of constructions. Work packages include designing, conducting and running
psycholinguistic experiments, as well as analyzing experimental and corpus
data. Knowledge of German is a prerequisite. The position is at the rank of
Akademischer Mitarbeiter (German scale TV-L E13 65% = 25.675 hrs/week). Salary
increases with experience.

Ideal candidates have an excellent Master's degree in Cognitive Science,
Linguistics, Psychology or a related field and link to the strengths of the
group and the excellent research context in Freiburg. Candidates should have a
solid background in experimental psycholinguistics, should be familiar with
Construction Grammar, as well as with data analysis in R. Experience with
eyetracking techniques is a plus.

Applications should include:

- Cover letter spelling out research experience & interest in position -
Academic CV
- Copy of MA degree and transcript
- Names and emails of two referees

Send applications by email as a single pdf attachment to:
grk at frequenz.uni-freiburg.de

For questions, please email:

Lars Konieczny (lars.konieczny at cognition.uni-freiburg.de) and
Martin Hilpert (martin.hilpert at unine.ch)

Applications received by February 15, 2016 will receive full consideration,
although interviews may start at any time and will continue until the position
has been filled.

The University of Freiburg is an equal opportunity employer regarding
professional opportunities for women and men. Equally qualified candidates
with physical challenges will be given preference. Employment will be
conducted by the central university administration.
 

Application Deadline: 15-Feb-2016 

Web Address for Applications: http://frequenz.uni-freiburg.de/bewerbung 

Contact Information: 
	Dr. Michael Schaefer 
	grk at frequenz.uni-freiburg.de 
	Phone:+49-761-20397674  


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