31.759, Support: Language Acquisition, Fieldwork Linguistics, Australian Languages: PhD Student, University of Paris

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Subject: 31.759, Support: Language Acquisition, Fieldwork Linguistics, Australian Languages: PhD Student, University of Paris

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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 14:23:17
From: Patrick CAUDAL [pcaudal at linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr]
Subject: Language Acquisition, Fieldwork Linguistics, Australian Languages: PhD Student, University of Paris, France

 Institution/Organization: University of Paris 
Department: UFR de Linguistique 
Web Address: https://u-paris.emundus.io/fr/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition 
Fieldwork Linguistics, Australian Languages 

Description:

PhD position in linguistics (36 months) – University of Paris

The TAME verbal system of a Maningrida Australian language: formal and
experimental approaches

The Indigenous Australian languages of Maningrida (Northern Australia),
although still being acquired by children and being spoken in a vibrant
multilingual speech community, are in great danger of extinction, mainly due
to their low number of speakers. All have at least been the subject of a
grammatical sketch (some unpublished) and have a basic dictionary, as well as
corpus materials in the form of recordings and transcriptions. Despite this,
they remain largely under-described, which gives their study a particularly
urgent character. This urgency is compounded by the fact that Maningrida
languages are of obvious interest to theoretical linguistics and language
typology alike, as they are not only quite distinct from other Australian
languages in many respects, but also have typologically very infrequent
characteristics in general. Their verbal and nominal morphology is of great
complexity (highly polysynthetic), and their inventory of tense, aspect,
modality and evidentiality (TAME) categories is notoriously rich. Some of
these TAME categories are even extremely rare in the world’s languages – this
is particularly true of so-called scalar tenses (Botne 2012), especially known
from Bantu languages. Finally, they possess elaborate serial verb systems,
notably used to express aspectual differences, and constitute (or nearly
constitute) periphrastic tense-aspect markers involving posture verbs and
other lexemes tending to grammaticalize in the Australian context. The thesis
project here outlined will jointly involve the University of Paris and the
University of Melbourne, in the form of a joint thesis supervision/dual award
Ph.D. (‘cotutelle de thèse’), with Patrick Caudal (a recognized specialist in
the formal semantics of TAME and Australian languages) acting as supervisor at
the Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle /Université de Paris, and Brett Baker
acting as supervisor at the University of Melbourne, with the assistance of
Rachel Nordlinger – both being eminent specialists of formal morphological and
syntactic approaches to Australian languages.

1. Selection of candidates : Candidates will be first evaluated internally
using the following scoresheet :

- Academic background (50%): grades and academic background (including ranking
and possible prizes);
- Research experience (20%): previous research experience, publications and/or
communications;
- Non-research professional experience (20%);
- International mobility (10%): previous mobility at Bachelor or Master level.

Up to three candidates will be invited in Paris for an interview by an
international panel from April 21 to 23.

Interviews will be ranked using the following scoresheet :

- Project appropriation (Capacity to integrate and appropriate the project
stakes: originality, expected outcomes, implementation within 3 years): 50%
- Personal project : 25%
- Relational quality and presentation (Speaking skills, clarity of expression
and thought, quality of visual support, English language and/or French
language or willingness to learn) : 25%

Candidates unable to travel to Paris will be interviewed online.

2. Eligibility conditions

- Less than twelve months of residence in France during the three years
preceding the selection;
- Candidates must hold a diploma that allows access to doctoral studies in
France (Master's degree or other equivalent diploma) at the time of
recruitment;
- No previous registration in doctoral studies;
- Required diploma must have been obtained less than 4 years before the start
of the project.

Contact: ced at u-paris.fr
 

Application Deadline: 09-Mar-2020 

Web Address for Applications: https://u-paris.emundus.io/ 

Contact Information: 
	Dr Patrick Caudal 
	pcaudal at linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr  


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