32.3516, Jobs: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Postdoctoral Researcher in variational linguistics, KU Leuven, Belgium

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Subject: 32.3516, Jobs: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Postdoctoral Researcher in variational linguistics, KU Leuven, Belgium

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Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:08:10
From: Benedikt Szmrecsanyi [benszm at kuleuven.be]
Subject: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Postdoctoral Researcher in variational linguistics, KU Leuven, Belgium, Flanders, Belgium

 
University or Organization: KU Leuven, Belgium 
Department: Department of Linguistics
Job Location: Flanders, Belgium 
Web Address: https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/ling
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher in variational linguistics
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 


Description:

The research group Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics (QLVL)
at the department of linguistics at KU Leuven (Belgium) is seeking to hire a
postdoctoral researcher on a 1-year contract. The researcher will assist the
group in carrying out lectometric research powered by distributional semantics
models (see the project website at https://tinyurl.com/4yr4dvuf and De Pascale
& Zhang 2021 at https://tinyurl.com/tadtrkdx for more information). 

The preferred skill set in order of priority includes: 
 - experience with quantitative and/or computational approaches to analyzing
language (decent proficiency in R and some proficiency in Python), 
 - experience with variational linguistics
 - training in lexicology and/or cognitive semantics. 

The contract will begin on 1 January 2022 and will end on 31 December 2022.
The net salary per month is > EUR 2.400, depending on seniority.

If you are interested, send a CV and cover letter briefly sketching how you
would like to contribute to the project to the email address below. Interviews
will be conducted in the last week of November.



Application Deadline: 20-Nov-2021 
	  
Email Address for Applications: benszm at kuleuven.be 
Contact Information:
	Prof. Dr. Benedikt Szmrecsanyi 
	Email: benszm at kuleuven.be 


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