27.4818, Support: Basque; Cognitive Science; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Syntax; Typology / Switzerland

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Subject: 27.4818, Support: Basque; Cognitive Science; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Syntax; Typology / Switzerland

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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 17:17:55
From: Sebastian Sauppe [sauppe.s at gmail.com]
Subject: Basque; Cognitive Science; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Syntax; Typology: PhD, University of Zurich, Switzerland

 Institution/Organization: University of Zurich 
Department: Depts. of Comparative Linguistics + Psychology 
Web Address: http://www.comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en.html 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Syntax; Typology 

Required Language(s): Basque (eus)

Description:

The Department of Comparative Linguistics and the Department of Psychology of
the University of Zurich invite applications for a full-time PhD student
position. The successful applicant will participate in the project
''Ergativity in comprehension and production: language typology and
processing'', funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Description of the project:

The research project investigates the processing of ergative structures in
sentence production and comprehension in a diverse set of languages (Hindi,
Tuvaluan, Basque), using different methodologies, including EEG and eye
tracking. The project team includes Balthasar Bickel, Martin Meyer and
Sebastian Sauppe (all at U Zurich) as well as Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky
(University of South Australia) and Itziar Laka (University of the Basque
Country).

The successful applicant will work towards a dissertation in Comparative
Linguistics/Psycholinguistics or Psychology (supervised by Prof. Balthasar
Bickel and Prof. Martin Meyer). S/he will conduct both sentence production and
sentence comprehension experiments on the processing of ergative structures in
Basque and work on reviews of the state of the field. Extensive support
(technical expertise, stimulus creation) can be provided by the other members
of the project team and by the collaborators. The experiments on Basque will
be carried out at Prof. Itziar Laka’s lab at the University of the Basque
Country.

The preferred starting date is January 1, 2017 or later, by arrangment.

The PhD research will be carried out at the Department of Comparative
Linguistics, University of Zurich. The department brings together
psycholinguists (working on both processing and language acquisition),
typologists and evolutionary linguists.

The candidate should:

- Hold a master’s degree in linguistics, psychology, cognitive science,
cognitive neuroscience, or a similar field; all degree requirements must be
fulfilled by the start of the appointment
- Be highly interested in experimental research on language processing
- Have an excellent track record
- Be highly motivated to work towards a PhD
- Have working knowledge of Basque or the willingness to quickly acquire it
- Be fluent in English (reading and writing)
- Have excellent communication skills and be an organised worker
- Be a good team worker but also able to work efficiently independently

Experience with psychological/psycholinguistic experimentation is an
advantage.
The candidate is expected to:

- Conduct experimental studies and corpus analyses, in close collaboration
with the team
- Participate in the preparation of a series of review papers
- Write individual and joint publications and present his/her work at
international conferences
- Prepare a (cumulative) PhD thesis on the basis of the project

We offer:

- Full funding for initially two years, with a likely but non-guaranteed
extension to three years
- Work in a highly innovative project in a vibrant, international department
- Generous travel funding

How to apply:

Applicants are request to submit

- A letter of application
- CV
- Transcript of the master’s degree
- Contact details of one reference
- One piece of writing (student paper, master’s thesis or publication) in
English or German which demonstrates the applicant’s academic competence

Applications are to be sent by email, preferentially merged into one single
PDF file, to Prof. Balthasar Bickel (balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch), no later than
December 12, 2016. Please use “Application Ergativity” in the subject line.

More information:

If you have any questions regarding the position or the project, please
contact Profs. Balthasar Bickel (balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch) or Martin Meyer
(martin.meyer at uzh.ch)

Application Deadline: 12-Dec-2016 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof. Balthasar Bickel 
	Department of Comparative Linguistics, University of Zurich 
	Plattenstrasse 54 
	Zurich 8032 
	Switzerland 

Contact Information: 
	Prof. Balthasar Bickel 
	balthasar.bickel at uzh.ch  

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