31.2890, Support: Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics: PhD, Ghent University

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Subject: 31.2890, Support: Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics: PhD, Ghent University

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Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:55:58
From: Mark Hoff [mark.hoff at ugent.be]
Subject: Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics: PhD, Ghent University, Belgium

 Institution/Organization: Ghent University 
Department: Language Productivity @ Work Consortium (Dept. of Linguistics, Dept. of Experimental Psychology) 
Web Address: https://www.languageproductivity.ugent.be 

Level: PhD 

Specialty Areas: Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics 
 

Description:

We are currently seeking applicants for the following vacancy: one PhD-student
(Ph.D) in psycholinguistics, for a four-year full-time contract starting on 1
January 2021.

How to apply?
The deadline for applications is 15 October 2020. Applications should be
submitted to languageproductivity at ugent.be and should consist of:
- A detailed CV,
- Including degree grades and title of Master Thesis, and
- A letter of motivation in English.
- Please mention PhD 5 in the subject field.

For more information, contact: Robert Hartsuiker, robert.hartsuiker at ugent.be

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in the last week of October and
will be notified of the search committee’s decision in early November.

Detailed Project Description:
You will be engaged as a Ph.D researcher in a project aimed at investigating
the relationship between measures of productive (“novel”, “creative” or
“unconventional”) use of grammatical constructions in linguistic corpora and
processing of such constructions in real-time language comprehension. The
project asks to what extent corpus-based productivity measures are predictive
of processing difficulty and how adaptive the language comprehension system is
when confronted with completely novel uses of a word in a construction. You
will conduct experiments using eye-tracking in reading, focusing on a range of
constructions in several languages. It is part of a broader interdisciplinary
project on grammatical productivity. A more extensive project description is
available upon request.

Minimal Requirements:
- MA in psychology or linguistics or related field
- Experience with empirical psycholinguistic research
- Advanced knowledge of data analysis
- English at C1 level
- Prepared to engage in good (open science) practices
- Prepared to function in an interdisciplinary team

Additional Assets:
- Experience with R, LME
- Experience with eye-tracking research
- Programming skill (especially Python)
- Knowledge of Dutch, Spanish, French, German, or Icelandic
 

Application Deadline: 15-Oct-2020 

Contact Information: 
	Professor Peter Lauwers
	Peter.Lauwers at ugent.be  


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