28.1191, Support: Cognitive Science / Germany

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-1191. Wed Mar 08 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.1191, Support:  Cognitive Science / Germany

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Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 15:17:29
From: Inken Armbrust [inken.armbrust at uni-tuebingen.de]
Subject: Cognitive Science, PhD, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany

 Institution/Organization: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen 
Department: GRK 1808 
Web Address: https://www.uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/core-research/research-training-groups/rtg-1808-ambiguity-production-and-perception/call-for-applications.htm 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science 

Description:

The interdisciplinary Research Training Group (RTG) 1808 “Ambiguity –
Production and Perception”
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen offers 1 PhD Position (TV-L E13, 65%) with
a temporary employment first for a period until March 31, 2018 (a proposal for
the extension of the funding is in preparation, which, if successful, will
result in an offer of another two years, i.e. three years total) to a student
with expertise in cognitive science or a closely related discipline. General
programming skills are a mandatory requirement.

As the University of Tübingen intends to increase the proportion of female
employees in research and teaching, women are particularly encouraged to
apply. The PhD-Student will be employed through the central administration of
the University of Tübingen and will work on modeling ambiguity and enhancing a
database on various disciplinary cases of ambiguity.

Application deadline: Wednesday, March 22, 2017.

The doctoral student will enjoy excellent conditions in an interdisciplinary
environment and will participate in a systematically structured curriculum,
comprising project-oriented guidance in small teams as well as activities of
the entire RTG. The student’s project will be supervised by the Chair of
Cognitive Modeling: http://www.cm.inf.uni-tuebingen.de

Kontakt (Sekretariat):
Inken Armbrust
Keplerstr. 2
Telefon: +49 7071 29-77569
Mail: inken.armbrust at uni-tuebingen.de
http://www.ambiguitaet.uni-tuebingen.de

It is the aim of the proposed Research Training Group (RTG) to show that by a
collaborative approach of language-oriented disciplines new insights may be
gained into the production and perception of ambiguity, i.e. when it comes
into being and when it is resolved. The pursuit of this aim is based on the
conviction that ambiguity is an excellent paradigm for developing new ways of
collaboration between the various language-oriented disciplines.

The research program links investigations into the language system as a field
of linguistic research with investigations into the areas of discourse focused
upon by the other disciplines. This will lead to innovative approaches: From a
linguistic perspective, the challenge will be to represent (strategic)
ambiguity in a broad range of texts, and from the perspective of the other
disciplines, it will mean taking into account the role of grammatical
structures for the interpretation of ambiguity. The program rests on the
assumption that both the production and the perception of ambiguity, as well
as its strategic and non-strategic occurrence, can only be understood by
exploring how these factors interact when ambiguity is generated and resolved.
This may concern the speaker-hearer-interaction as well as long-term
developments such as the strategic reinterpretation of canonical texts.

For additional information see 

http://www.ambiguitaet.uni-tuebingen.de

Application details:

Applications (in English) including informative documents, a cover letter, a
brief research proposal (maximum 2 pages), signed CV, copies of earned
university degrees and transcripts of individual grades, the names and email
addresses of two potential referees (university professors) as well as,
optionally, a letter of recommendation are to be sent in digital form (one pdf
document) by March 22, 2017 under the reference RTG “Ambiguity: Production and
Perception” to the speaker of the RTG, Professor Matthias Bauer:
m.bauer at uni-tuebingen.de.

Application Deadline: 22-Mar-2017 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Professor Matthias Bauer 
	Keplerstr. 2 
	Tübingen 72074 
	Germany 

Web Address for Applications: https://www.uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/core-research/research-training-groups/rtg-1808-ambiguity-production-and-perception/call-for-applications.htm 

Contact Information: 
	Professor Matthias Bauer 
	m.bauer at uni-tuebingen.de  

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