35.1540, Jobs: PhD position on the language geography and history of language isolates, Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France

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Date: 15-May-2024
From: Matthias Urban [matthias.urban at cnrs.fr]
Subject: PhD position on the language geography and history of language isolates, Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France


University or Organization: Centre Nacional de la Recherche
Scientifique (CNRS)
Department: Dynamique du Langage (DDL)
Job Location: Lyon, France
Web Address: http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/index.asp?Langue=EN&
Job Title: PhD position on the language geography and history of
language isolates
Job Rank: Researcher

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Typology

Description:

The CNRS is offering a full-time PhD position in linguistics on the
language geography and historical linguistics of language isolates,
hosted at the lab „Dynamique du Langage“ in Lyon. The position is
available initially for 36 months and to be filled no later than
October 1st 2024.

The position is embedded in the interdisciplinary LANGUAGE REDUX
research project (http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/projets/Redux/), funded by a
Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council to PI Matthias
Urban (http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/annuaires/Index.asp?Langue=EN&Page=Matth
ias%20URBAN). The project will start in August 2024 and carry out
frontier research on the historical dynamics of language geographies.
It will explore a new approach to language history and investigate the
process by which the areas in which languages are spoken shrink as
they are gradually replaced by others. In this way it aims to identify
old linguistic distributions that have been replaced elsewhere,
opening up a new perspective on language history. The team will likely
be international. The working language of the research group will be
English.

This successful applicant will investigate processes in which the
areas in which languages are spoken shrink, and the changes the
languages undergo during the process. The focus will be on language
isolates, which, as the last members of lineages, are a particularly
important class of languages in this context.

The successful applicant is expected to relocate to the Lyon area. In
addition to governmental social security support and access to health
care, benefits include assistance in relocation from Espace Ulys, the
university's support center for international scientists; subsidized
meals; and tickets for public transport in Lyon at a reduced price.

Duties of the successful applicant :
• Collecting data on language range reduction of isolates worldwide
from extant literature
• Digitizing and curating the data, aided by a GIS developer
• Carrying out comparative research on the linguistic changes that
happen across languages as their ranges reduce
• Preparing data and analysis for presentations and publications in
the form of articles (including ones co-authored with other team
members) that lead to a cumulative PhD thesis
• Contributing in an active and constructive manner to the success of
the team as a whole
• Completing required training with the doctoral school

Required qualifications :
• MA in General Linguistics or a closely related field
• Background in historical linguistics, language contact research,
and/or language typology
• Interest in the broader ecologies in which languages are embedded
and used, interest in anthropology and interdisciplinary work
• Willingness to acquire skills in GIS
• Very good proficiency in spoken and written English
• Capacity for working both independently and as part of a team

Additional desirable (but not required) qualifications :
• Basic oral and written proficiency in French, as institute-level
administration partly is carried out in French
• Background knowledge about the linguistic diversity and history of
(parts of) Eurasia
• Experience with quantitative and statistical analysis of linguistic
data
• Experience with GIS systems

Applicants should submit
• a letter of motivation
• a CV
• two samples of academic writing (e.g. published work, MA thesis,
term paper, completed draft of article)
• names, affiliations, and email addresses of two referees who are
willing to supply letters of reference in support of the application

Please note that applications must go through the CNRS job portal. No
application will be accepted by email.

Application Deadline: 21-Jun-2024
Mailing Address for Applications:
Web Address for Applications: https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/
UMR5596-RABMAK-015/Default.aspx?Lang=EN
Contact Information:
        dr Matthias Urban
        Email: matthias.urban at cnrs.fr



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