28.249, Support: Heritage Italian languages; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Syntax / Netherlands

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Subject: 28.249, Support:  Heritage Italian languages; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Syntax / Netherlands

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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:41:25
From: Roberta D'Alessandro [r.dalessandro at uu.nl]
Subject: Heritage Italian languages; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Syntax, PhD, Utrecht University, Netherlands

 Institution/Organization: Utrecht University 
Department: Utrecht Institute of Linguistics - OTS 
Web Address: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Syntax 
Heritage Italian languages 

Description:

3 PhDs available in the ERC project "Microcontact. Language variation and
change from the Italian heritage perspective". 

PhD.1 – Person-driven auxiliaries and differential object marking in contact
PhD.2 – Deixis in contact: pronouns, determiners, adjectives and adverbs
PhD.3 – Subject clitics in contact

The three PhDs will have to conduct fieldwork across the three main Italian
emigration countries in America where Romance languages are spoken: Argentina,
Brazil, Canada/Québec. Each PhD will be responsible for an area, and will
conduct fieldwork for the whole project in that area. They will work on
different aspect of the syntax of heritage Italian languages in contact.

Requirements for the three PhD candidates include:

- A (soon to be completed) (research) Master’s degree in linguistics or
Romance linguistics, with a focus on generative syntax;
- Excellent English oral proficiency, academic writing and presentation
skills;
- Fluency in one or more of the contact languages of the project: French,
Spanish, Portuguese;
- Knowledge of at least one of the following Italian regional languages:
Abruzzese or Neapolitan; Piedmontese; Salentino or Sicilian; Veneto;
- An outstanding record of work in the Master's degree;
- Ability to meet deadlines and work both as an independent researcher and as
part of a team;
- Ability to work in an international, interdisciplinary team;
- Excellent organizational, social and communication skills.
- Fieldwork experience and/or knowledge of Italian are a plus.

The project proposal can be found at: http://www.robertadalessandro.it/erc

More info at the application URL below.
 

Application Deadline: 25-Feb-2017 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs 
	
Contact Information: 
	Roberta D'Alessandro
	Dept: Utrecht Institute of Linguistics - OTS
	Email: r.dalessandro at uu.nl  


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