36.1640, Jobs: Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Semantics: Two-Year Fellowship in Semantics & Pragmatics, ZAS

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Subject: 36.1640, Jobs: Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Semantics: Two-Year Fellowship in Semantics & Pragmatics, ZAS

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Date: 24-May-2025
From: Uli Sauerland [sauerland at leibniz-zas.de]
Subject: Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Semantics: Two-Year Fellowship in Semantics & Pragmatics, ZAS


Job Location: Germany
Web Address:
https://www.leibniz-zas.de/en/research/research-areas/semantics-pragmatics
Job Title: Two-Year Fellowship in Semantics & Pragmatics
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Pragmatics; Semantics

Description:
The research area Semantics-Pragmatics of the Leibniz-Centre General
Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin is looking for candidates for a two-year
postdoctoral research fellowship to join our group. The fellowship is
funded as a Humboldt research fellowship, but the selection is within
a Henriette Herz Scouting grant awarded to Uli Sauerland.  We want to
extend our network and make it more diverse. We therefore particularly
welcome applications from junior researchers who have not previously
been considered for an application to the Humboldt Foundation or a
research stay in Germany. We generally welcome all nominations
regardless of ethnic, cultural or social background, gender identity,
age, religion, worldview, disability or sexual orientation. In the
first appointment within this program we seek specifically a
researcher who is not male or from an underrepresented group such as
citizens of a developing country. The assessment also considers the
individual life journey and educational background, also and
especially in terms of equal opportunities and accessibility.
The following requirements apply:
 - The Ph.D. must be completed at the beginning of the fellowship, and
not date back more than four years
 - The planned start of the fellowship should be between September
1st, 2025 and July 1st, 2026.
 - The researcher must not be presently based in Germany.
The most important for the selection is an active research profile
with plans that fit well with the interests of the ZAS
Semantics-Pragmatics group.  Particular interests within the group
are:
 - logical and other formal theories of semantics/pragmatics including
questions, polarity, number, implicature, degrees, intensionality
 - child language studies addressing semantic/pragmatic questions
 - semantic investigations of understudied languages
 - work relating morphology/syntax with semantics/pragmatics
The monthly fellowship amount is currently €2,700/month plus
€500/month for research costs, and additional benefits such as support
for German language classes and support for accompanying family
members. Fellows will be required to be based in Berlin for the
duration of the fellowship. The fellowship can also be split into
three stays over the course of three years. For further information
regarding the Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship please see the website
of the Humboldt foundation. Fellows will have a fully equipped
workplace at ZAS and can make use of the four linguistic labs at ZAS.
The research team in semantics and pragmatics currently consists of
over 15 researchers.

Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Email Address for Applications: sauerland at leibniz-zas.de
Application Instructions:
Interested individuals should please send the following in PDF format
to Uli Sauerland <sauerland at leibniz-zas.de>:
 1. their curriculum vitae containing (planned) thesis date and a full
list of their publications
 2. an application letter outlining their research interests, their
research plans for the fellowship, and their ideal start date of the
fellowship
 3. if the Ph.D. is not yet completed, a letter from their advisor or
department head affirming the planned degree completion date.
Inquiries prior to application should be send to the same address. The
initial deadline for full consideration is June 13th, but applications
received after this deadline may also be considered or kept on file
for future similar opportunities.
Contact Information:
        Uli Sauerland
        Email: sauerland at leibniz-zas.de



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