31.2294, Jobs: Morphology: Post Doc, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

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Subject: 31.2294, Jobs: Morphology: Post Doc, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:13:47
From: Artemis Alexiadou [artemis.alexiadou at hu-berlin.de]
Subject: Morphology: Post Doc, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany

 
University or Organization: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin 
Department: Institute of English and American Studies
Job Location: Berlin, Germany 
Web Address: https://www.angl.hu-berlin.de/
Job Title: Post Doc
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Morphology 


Description:

Three Postdoc positions are available for talented and dedicated young
researchers with a specialization in morphology. The researchers will be part
of the ERC-2019-SynG LeibnizDream group. The core research team of
LeibnizDream will be based at three host institutions: Humboldt University of
Berlin (HU), University of Milan-Bicocca (UniMiB), and the Leibniz-Centre
General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin. The three PIs are Artemis Alexiadou (HU),
Maria Teresa Guasti (UniMiB), and Uli Sauerland (ZAS). The morphology
positions will be located at HU. 

The postdoctoral positions are available for a starting date in January 2021
and can run for 2 years, with payment according to the German TV-L pay scale
(TV-L 13 100%).

Job Details:
Scientific contributions in the ERC research project “LeibnizDream”
(leibnizdream.eu); carry out large-scale, cross-linguistic child language
research; carry out comparative experiments in language acquisition across up
to 50 different languages in collaboration with partners across the globe; six
different areas of morpho-syntax/semantics:
- The expression of causation and agency,
- Of motion events,
- The binary connectives,
- Negative concepts such as exclusion, antonyms, and negation,
- Quantificational concepts including genericity and distributivity, and
- Dependencies most frequently analyzed as variable binding (wh-questions,
relative clauses, degree clauses);
prepare and carry out experiments, oversee the process of data collection, and
then analyze and publish acquisition studies in these domains

Requirements:
- PhD in Linguistics;
- Expertise in morphology

Desired Assets:
- Cross-linguistic morphology,
- Morphological acquisition,
- Computational morphology,
- Syntax,
- Semantics,
- Experimental methods

Please send your application including:
- A letter of intent specifying research experience and intended contributions
to the project, as well as the starting date;
- The curriculum vitae including a complete list of publications;
- Electronic copy of one representative writing;
- Names and email addresses of at least two scholars to be contacted for
letters of recommendation

And quoting the reference number DR/107/20 and “LeibnizDream” in electronic
form as one PDF-file to the application email provided below.

HU is seeking to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching,
and specifically encourages qualified female scholars to apply. Severely
disabled applicants with equivalent qualifications will be given preferential
consideration. People with an immigration background are specifically
encouraged to apply. Since we will not return your documents, please submit
copies in the application only.

Please visit our website www.hu-berlin.de/stellenangebote, which gives you
access to the legally binding German version.



Application Deadline: 05-Aug-2020 
	  
Email Address for Applications: artemis.alexiadou at hu-berlin.de 
Contact Information:
	Artemis Alexiadou 
	Email: artemis.alexiadou at hu-berlin.de 


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