31.3878, Support: Chibchan; General Linguistics: PhD, University of Göttingen

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Subject: 31.3878, Support: Chibchan; General Linguistics: PhD, University of Göttingen

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:36:15
From: Stavros Skopeteas [stavros.skopeteas at uni-goettingen.de]
Subject: Chibchan; General Linguistics: PhD, University of Göttingen, Germany

 Institution/Organization: University of Göttingen 
Department: Linguistics Department 
Web Address: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/433167.html 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 
 

                      Chibchan 

Description:

The Department of Linguistics at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen is
seeking to fill the position of a Junior Researcher (f/m/d) with 65% of the
regular weekly working hours (currently 25.87 hours/week) for a limited period
of 3 years. The salary will be paid according to salary group 13 TV-L. 

The Department of Linguistics at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen
represents General Linguistics in its entire breadth. Research areas:
under-documented languages and experimental fieldwork, Indo-European Studies
and historical linguistics, language typology, linguistic theory.

Your asks:
- Collaboration in a DFG research project on information structure and
ergativity in the languages of Central America (PI: Professor Stavros
Skopeteas; in collaboration with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and CNRS,
Paris)
- Experimental fieldwork on Chibcha languages (Central America)
- Presentation and publication of research outcomes
- Participation in the scientific activities of the Linguistics Department
(workshops, colloquia, publications)

Your profile:
Mandatory:
- Completed MA in linguistics (or equivalent degree)
- Very good knowledge of written and spoken English

Desirable:
- Knowledge in syntactic and/or prosodic research
- Competence in experimental research
- Experience with understudied languages 
- Knowledge of German and/or Spanish

The position offers the possibility of scientific qualification at the PhD
level. The position is suitable for part-time work. 

The University of Göttingen strives to increase the proportion of women in
areas where women are underrepresented and therefore strongly encourages
qualified women to apply. It sees itself as a family-friendly university and
promotes the compatibility of science/profession and family. The university
has the goal of employing more severely disabled people. Applications from
severely disabled persons will be given preference in the case of equal
qualifications.

Applications with the usual documents are invited by 31.01.2021 in electronic
form to the application link provided below

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Sprachwissenschaftliches Seminar,
Käte-Hamburger-Weg 3, 37073 Göttingen, Germany

For further questions, please contact Matthias Kracht at the contact
information provided below.
Notice:
We point out that the submission of the application constitutes consent under
data protection law for us to process your applicant data. For more details on
the legal basis and data use, please consult: Information Sheet on the General
Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) https://www.uni-goettingen.de/hinweisdsgvo
 

Web Address for Applications: https://lotus2.gwdg.de/uni/uzdv/perso/knr_100788.nsf 

Contact Information: 
	Matthias Kracht
	mkracht at gwdg.de
	+49 551 39 5482  


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