35.2638, Support: General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Typology: PhD, Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Subject: 35.2638, Support: General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Typology: PhD, Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Date: 27-Sep-2024
From: Matthias Urban [matthias.urban at gmx.net]
Subject: General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Typology: PhD, Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)


Institution/Organization: Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique
(CNRS)
Department: Dynamique du Langage (DDL)
Web Address: http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/

Level: PhD

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Typology

Description:

PhD position in linguistics on language geography and historical
linguistics

The position is embedded in the interdisciplinary Language Redux
(http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/projets/Redux/), research project, funded by a
high-profile Consolidator Grant from the European Research to PI
Matthias Urban (http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/equipes/Index.asp?Langue=FR&Pag
e=Matthias%20URBAN&Equipe=12). The project will 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 project, in turn, is part of the dynamic research environment of
the Lyon-based CNRS research unit “Dynamique du Langage (DDL)”. The
successful applicant will enroll with Université Lumière Lyon 2
(https://welcome.univ-lyon2.fr/) and be part of the doctoral school
3LA l'École Doctorale 3LA (Lettres, Langues, Linguistique & Arts). 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.

This successful applicant will investigate processes in which the
areas where languages are spoken shrink, and the changes the languages
undergo during the process. The focus will be on Eurasia. Thanks to
the attestation of languages up to several millennia in the past, the
continent is particularly suited for long-term investigation.

Duties of the successful applicant :
- Collecting data on language range reduction in Eurasia 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 nd 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 :
- Reading skills in Russian
- Basic oral and written proficiency in French, as institute-level
administration is carried out partly 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 the following:
- a letter of motivation
- a CV
- two samples of academic writing (e.g. published work, MA thesis,
term paper, completed draft of article). Please append these to your
CV and submit as a single file.
- names, affiliations, and email addresses of two referees who are
willing to supply letters of reference in support of the application.
Please include these in your letter of motivation

Applications must go through the CNRS job portal. No application will
be accepted by email. Link to the official job ad  (with some
additional information): https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/UMR55
96-RABMAK-020/Default.aspx

Mailing Address for Applications:
        Attn: Matthias Urban
Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage (DDL), UMR 5596
14 avenue Berthelot
69363 LYON Cedex 07
FRANCE

matthias.urban at cnrs.fr
Email Address for Applications: matthias.urban at cnrs.fr

Contact Information:
Matthias Urban
Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage (DDL), UMR 5596
14 avenue Berthelot
69363 LYON Cedex 07
FRANCE

matthias.urban at cnrs.fr



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