34.377, Support: Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Typology: PhD, University of Zurich

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Subject: 34.377, Support: Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Typology: PhD, University of Zurich

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From: Sebastian Sauppe [sebastian.sauppe at uzh.ch]
Subject: Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Typology: PhD, University of Zurich


Institution/Organization: University of Zurich
Department: Department of Psychology
Web Address: https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/dev/devpsy.html

Level: PhD

Duties: Research Project Work

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Language
Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Typology

Description:

The research unit Developmental Psychology: Infancy and Childhood at
the Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, invites
applications for a fully funded, 4-year PhD researcher position
associated with the Swiss National Science Foundation-funded Ambizione
project "The ontogeny and physiology of sentence planning" (Principal
Investigator: Dr. Sebastian Sauppe), commencing in September 2023. The
aim of the project is to investigate (i) how incremental sentence
planning mechanisms develop from childhood to adolescence, (ii) how
neural oscillatory activity underpins sentence planning, and (iii) how
ontogentic development and neurophysiological correlates of sentence
planning and production differ between languages. For crosslinguistic
differences, the project focuses on comparisons between German/English
and Tagalog.

The topic and parts of the (cumulative) PhD thesis shall be determined
upon commencement of the candidature in agreement with the Principal
Investigator and shall consist of individual studies as outlined in
the project proposal. These studies ideally also concern sentence
planning in Tagalog and English, for which research stays with
collaborators at the University of the Philippines - Diliman and at
the University of Texas at Dallas are envisaged.

You are a highly motivated, committed, and creative candidate, who can
work in a multidisciplinary team and who wants to build a strong
profile as a researcher. You can work efficiently, self-organized and
self-dependently and you have outstanding communication skills. You
are child-friendly.

The ideal candidate holds a Master's degree in psychology,
linguistics, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, or a related
discipline (as relevant to the project) and has a strong background in
at least one of the following (and an exceptional willingness to
become fluent in the others): experiments on human cognition and
language processing (eye tracking, neuroimaging), data collection with
children, linguistics (especially morphosyntax of non-European
languages), programming (in R, MATLAB, or Python), mixed-effects
regression (Bayesian or frequentist).

The team and facilities at the research unit Developmental Psychology:
Infancy and Childhood provide learning opportinuties for all required
aspects of the research. A strong interest in research on language
processing, the cognitive/neuroscience of language, and child
development is essential.

Prior knowledge of Tagalog and/or German is not required, but an
asset. The candidate is expected to acquire basic language skills and
a theoretical knowledge of the grammar of the languages (based on the
linguistic literature), to enable designing studies and collecting
data in the Philippines and in Switzerland (together with local
collaborators and assistants). You will stay in the Philippines and
the USA for several weeks to work with our collaborators and to
conduct studies.

Employment should start on September 1, 2023 or as soon as possible
thereafter as mutually agreed. The position remains open until filled.
For full consideration please submit your application by March 17,
2023.

To apply for this position, compile the following documents into a
single PDF with the file name "PhD_TOPOS_LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME":
 - cover letter (max. 2 pages: brief outline of academic background
and outline of previous research experience, e.g., during Master's
thesis research or other research-related work, motivation for joining
this project as a PhD student)
 - CV (listing relevant courses and grades, research experience if
applicable)
 - certificates
 - one writing sample (e.g., Master's thesis)
 - contact information for two referees.

To apply, visit https://t.uzh.ch/1qP

Application Deadline: 17-Mar-2023

Web Address for Applications: https://t.uzh.ch/1qP

Contact Information:
Dr Sebastian Sauppe
sebastian.sauppe at uzh.ch



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