34.3128, Support: Language Acquisition: PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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Subject: 34.3128, Support: Language Acquisition: PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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Date: 18-Oct-2023
From: Anna Gavarró [anna.gavarro at uab.cat]
Subject: Language Acquisition: PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona


Institution/Organization: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Department: Departament de Filologia Catalana/Centre de Lingüística
Teòrica
Web Address: https://clt.uab.cat/

Level: PhD

Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition

Description:

Project PID2022-138413NB-I00, entitled Development and acquisition of
preverbal syntax and semantics and financed by the Agencia Estatal de
Investigación, is opening a funded 4-year PhD position in the Centre
de Lingüística Teòrica of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Our project aims at advacing our understanding of language
acquisition, by considering infant and child grammar in underexplored
areas, all revolving around operators, with new methods now available.
The experimental studies proposed regard the development of syntax and
semantics at a point when infants are still unable to produce
multiword sequences, but are nevertheless able to comprehend (to a
still unknown extent) as revealed by eye-tracking techniques. The
research questions underlying the experiments proposed are: When do
children establish the properties of the particular language they are
acquiring? Is the acquisition path homogeneous across languages? Are
the parochial properties of different languages established much
earlier in the life of infants than previously thought? Pursuing our
former work, we plan to investigate experimentally the comprehension
of operators: wh-movement in wh- questions and logical operators.

Candidates with a background in linguistics, cognitive science and
related fields, holding a Master’s degree, are invited to apply.  The
application period is from October 18th to October 25th, 2023, and
further details on working conditions are available of the UAB portal
(https://tauler.seu.cat/pagDetall.do?idEdicte=457080&idens=11).
Applications can be completed through the website linked below. For
any further questions, do not hesitate to contact the PIs, Anna
Gavarró (anna.gavarro at uab.cat) and Elena Pagliarini
(elena.pagliarini at uab.cat).

Application Deadline: 25-Oct-2023

Mailing Address for Applications:
        Attn: [application on-line only]
Departament de Filologia Catalana
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Edifici B
08193 Bellaterra
Web Address for Applications:
https://seleccio.uab.cat/convocatoriesupac/login/auth?lang=en

Contact Information:
Anna Gavarró (anna.gavarro at uab.cat) and Elena Pagliarini
(elena.pagliarini at uab.cat)



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