36.1681, Support: New Funding Opportunity for Students, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Romance Studies

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Subject: 36.1681, Support: New Funding Opportunity for Students, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Romance Studies

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Date: 28-May-2025
From: Christoph Gabriel [christoph.gabriel at uni-mainz.de]
Subject: New Funding Opportunity for Students, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Romance Studies


Institution/Organization: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Romance
Studies
Web Address: https://stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/#/jgu/job/48217

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Phonetics
Required Language(s): French (fra)
                      German (deu)
                      Italian (ita)
                      Turkish (tur)
                      German

Description:

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is one of the largest
universities in Germany. Thanks to its location in the Rhine-Main
science region, the university can unfold to its full potential and
showcase its innovative power and dynamism. Its status as a
comprehensive university allows for multidisciplinary learning and
teaching and has great potential for internationally renowned,
interdisciplinary research. Almost all of its institutes are located
on a single campus close to the Mainz city center – creating a lively
academic culture for researchers, teaching staff, and students from
every continent.
The advertised position is part of the DFG Research Unit
“Phonologically Weak Units: Acquisition, Pro-cessing and Modality”
(FOR 5757), which investi-gates weak elements such as reduced
syllables in language development and processing. The joint project
led in Marburg comprises researchers from the Universities of
Mannheim, Frankfurt, Mainz, and Erfurt as well as the Leibniz
Institute for Lifelong Learning in Bonn and the Leibniz Institute for
the German Language in Mannheim
(https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/531445091)
The subproject “Sensitivity to reduced syllables in learners of L2
German and implications for grammatical learning”
(https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/556833103?language=en) is
concerned with the acquisition and processing of reduction vowels in
German as a foreign language by learners with different first
languages (French, Italian, Turkish). The project is headed by Prof.
Ulrike Domahs (Marburg) and Prof. Christoph Gabriel (Mainz) and offers
exciting interdisciplinary approaches in the fields of phonetics,
phonology, foreign-language learning, and neurolinguistics.
Your tasks:
- Preparation and implementation of the collection of spoken
production data
- Coordination of the data collection in the partner laboratories
-  Phonetic analysis of vowels
- Presentation of results at conferences and participation in
scientific publications
- Willingness to travel to France, Italy, and Turkey to collect data
- Active participation in the events of the research group
Your profile:
In addition to the general requirements according to public services
law, applicants must meet the recruitment requirements stipulated in §
57 of the Hochschulgesetz of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- A successfully completed scientific university degree (Diplom,
Master's or comparable) in linguistics or phonetics or related
subjects, provided they have a linguistic component (e.g., teaching
degree in German)
- Good knowledge of phonetics and phonology, an interest in
neurolinguistics is desirable
- Experience in handling and analyzing speech data
- Very good knowledge of German and English (at least B2), knowledge
of French, Italian and/or Turkish is an advantage
- Independent and careful scientific working method, confidence in
writing scientific texts and presentations as well as basic knowledge
of statistics
- Social skills, willingness to cooperate, ability to work under
pressure during peak workloads and high motivation for a doctorate in
the field of L2 acquisition
The position is paid according to EG 13 TV-L and to be filled by
10/1/2025. The position is  limited to a period of 4 years.
There is the possibility of a doctorate.
JGU is diverse and welcomes qualified applications from people with
varied backgrounds.
We aim to increase the number of women in the field of research and
teaching and therefore encourage female researchers to apply.
Candidates with severe disabilities and appropriate qualifications
will be given priority.
Are you ready for a new challenge and interested in this varied and
responsible position? Then submit your complete application [cover
letter, CV, relevant (work) certificates (with German recognition if
applicable)] by 6/18/2025, preferably via the „Apply now“ button (see
https://stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/#/jgu/job/48217)

Web Address for Applications:
https://stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/#/jgu/job/48217
Email Address for Applications: christoph.gabriel at uni-mainz.de

Contact Information:
Professor Christoph Gabriel



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