32.124, Support: German Sign Language; General Linguistics: PhD, University of Cologne

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Subject: 32.124, Support: German Sign Language; General Linguistics: PhD, University of Cologne

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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:46:25
From: Pamela Perniss [pperniss at uni-koeln.de]
Subject: German Sign Language; General Linguistics: PhD, University of Cologne, Germany

 Institution/Organization: University of Cologne 
Department: Special Education and Rehabilitation 
Web Address: https://portal.uni-koeln.de/en/sub/uoc-home 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 
 
Required Language(s): German Sign Language (gsg)

Description:

Faculty of Human Sciences
Phd position (f/m/d) - Prominence in language
CRC 1252 | Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

The University of Cologne is one of the largest and most research-intensive
universities in Germany, offering a wide range of subjects. With its six
faculties and its interfaculty centres, it offers a broad spectrum of
scientific disciplines and internationally outstanding profile areas,
supported by the administration with its services.

We are seeking to fill a PhD position (f/m/d) in the project „Prominence in
action: Referent representation in German Sign Language (DGS)“. The project is
part of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) “Prominence in
language” (SFB 1252) at the University of Cologne and is headed by Prof.
Pamela Perniss. The project investigates morphosyntactic and semantic
relations in DGS with respect to linguistic prominence. Through the
investigation of a signed language, the project contributes to the CRC’s aim
to understand the universality and variability of prominence in language.

Your Tasks:
- Design and implementation of elicitation and corpusbased studies
investigating prominence relations in DGS (incl. literature review, creation
of stimulus materials, recording and editing of video data)
- Data collection from deaf DGS signers
- Coding and annotation of DGS data with the linguistic annotation software
ELAN
- Data analysis with respect to morphosyntactic structures and semantic
features that reflect prominence relations

Your Profile:
- BA and MA degrees in relevant discipline (linguistics, sign language
studies, psycholinguistics)
- DGS level B2 (CEFR) (minimum), or equivalent knowledge of another sign
language and a basic knowledge of DGS with the willingness to attain greater
proficiency in DGS
- Experience in coding and annotation of sign language data is desired
- Good quantitative and statistical analysis skills would be advantageous
- Excellent team-working skills, esp. in deaf-hearing team
- Excellent communication skills, esp. written English

We Offer Yuu:
- A DGS-signing environment and a dynamic team dedicated to research and
teaching
- A diverse and fair working environment
- Support in reconciling work and family life
- Flexible working time models, full-time positions suitable for job sharing
- Extensive advanced training opportunities
- Occupational health management offers
- Local transport ticket at a discount for UoC employees

The position is available from 01.04.2021 on a part-time basis (25,89 hours
per week / 65%). It is limited to 31.03.2024. If the applicant meets the
relevant wage requirements and personal qualifications, the salary is based on
remuneration group 13 TV-L of the pay scale for the German public sector.

The University of Cologne is committed to equal opportunities and diversity.
Women are especially encouraged to apply and will be considered preferentially
in accordance with the Equal Opportunities Act of North Rhine-Westphalia
(Landesgleichstellungsgesetz – LGG NRW). We also expressly welcome
applications from people with disabilities / special needs or of equal status.

Please send your application with proof of the sought qualifications by email
(in one pdf-file) with the reference number Wiss2012-31 to the contact
information below.

Please do not include a photo with your application.

In addition to the usual documents, please send your Master‘s thesis or, if it
has not yet been completed, if possible two to three preliminary chapters of
the Master‘s thesis as well as two representative term papers.

The application deadline is 31.01.2021.

For questions about the post, please contact Prof. Pamela Perniss at the
contact information provided below.
 

Contact Information: 
	Prof. Pamela Perniss
	pperniss at uni-koeln.de  


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