28.4041, Support: African and North American Deaf Sign Languages; Anthropological Linguistics; Typology: PhD, Leiden University

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Subject: 28.4041, Support: African and North American Deaf Sign Languages; Anthropological Linguistics; Typology: PhD, Leiden University

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Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2017 13:16:34
From: Victoria Nyst [v.a.s.nyst at hum.leidenuniv.nl]
Subject: African and North American Deaf Sign Languages; Anthropological Linguistics; Typology: PhD, Leiden University, Netherlands

 Institution/Organization: Leiden University 
Department: Leiden University Centre for Linguistics 
Web Address: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/leiden-university-centre-for-linguistics 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Teaching
 
Specialty Areas: Anthropological Linguistics; Typology 
sign language/gesture studies (West Africa& US) 

                      African Deaf Sign Languages 
                      North American Deaf Sign Languages 

Description:

The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics is hiring 2 PhD students for a
research project entitled From Gesture to Language. The project will
investigate the structure of size and shape expressions in sign languages and
co-speech gesture in West Africa and the United States. Goal of the project is
to further our understanding of how sign languages relate to gesture.

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/research/research-projects/humanities/fro
m-gesture-to-language1
 

Application Deadline: 15-Oct-2017 

Web Address for Applications: http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/phd-posities/17-387-phd-candidates-in-the-field-of-linguistics.html 

Contact Information: 
	Victoria Nyst 
	v.a.s.nyst at hum.leidenuniv.nl  


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