36.1716, Support: New Funding Opportunity for Students, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Subject: 36.1716, Support: New Funding Opportunity for Students, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Date: 02-Jun-2025
From: Barthe Bloom [barthe.bloom at fau.de]
Subject: New Funding Opportunity for Students, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg


Institution/Organization: FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Web Address:
https://www.cxg.phil.fau.eu/projects/new-phd-positions-2025/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Syntax;
Text/Corpus Linguistics
Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

The DFG-funded Research Training Group Dimensions of Constructional
Space at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg is
seeking to appoint a doctoral researcher for project 7:
Subject-inversion throughout Early Modern English: changing relations
in individual and communal constructicons.
The PhD researchers will be employed on a 65% basis on an TV-L13 scale
for three years, starting 1 October 2025.
More details about the project can be found on
https://www.cxg.phil.fau.eu/projects/projects-2025/#project-7-subject-inversion-throughout-early-modern-english-changing-relations-in-individual-and-communal-constructicons-first-supervisor-mechthild-habermann.
Deadline for application is 22 June 2025.
Selection criteria
• MA in linguistics or a related discipline
• previous academic experience relevant to the project;
• ability to work independently and as part of a team;
• fluency in English as all group activities will be conducted in
English
Desired
• a background in historical linguistics, syntax and/or construction
grammar
• familiarity with corpus-linguistic methods
We particularly encourage applications from women and minority
candidates.
Informal enquiries and applications for the positions should be
submitted by email. The subject line should have the following format:
Application PhD project no. 7
Applications should be in English and should contain the following:
• an academic CV;
• a cover letter explaining how you meet the recruitment criteria
• an academic writing sample in English (e.g., MA dissertation, essay,
or a review of the literature relevant to the project);
• MA diploma
• details (name, affiliation, email, and relationship to you) of 2–3
academic referees.
The interviews will be conducted via Zoom.

Mailing Address for Applications:
        Germany
Web Address for Applications:
https://www.cxg.phil.fau.eu/projects/new-phd-positions-2025/
Email Address for Applications: project-cxgram at fau.de




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