37.174, Jobs: English, German; Pragmatics, Semantics: Post-doctoral position in Linguistics in Semantics/Pragmatics, University of Konstanz

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Date: 14-Jan-2026
From: Maribel Romero [maribel.romero at uni-konstanz.de]
Subject: English, German; Pragmatics, Semantics: Post-doctoral position in Linguistics in Semantics/Pragmatics, University of Konstanz


Job Location: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Web Address: https://www.ling.uni-konstanz.de/en/
Job Title: Post-doctoral position in Linguistics in
Semantics/Pragmatics
Job Rank: Post Doc
Salary: Full-time position, E 13 TV-L

Minimum Education: PhD

Specialty Areas: Pragmatics; Semantics

Specialty Language(s): English (eng)
                       German (deu)

Description:
Post-doctoral Position in Linguistics  (full-time, E 13 TV-L)
Reference no.: 2026/012. One post-doctoral position is available as of
April 1st, 2026. The position is available until the end of 2029. In
principle, this position can be divided into two part-time positions.
The University of Konstanz is a dynamic and internationally successful
research university with approximately 10,000 students. The campus
university’s architecture promotes interdisciplinary cooperation and a
sense of community among researchers, lecturers and students. The
University has been continuously funded by the German Excellence
Strategy since 2006.
The newly granted SFB 1760 investigates the role of silence and noise
in our capacity for perceiving, learning and producing linguistic
signals
(https://www.ling.uni-konstanz.de/sfb1760/about-us/scientific-aim/).
The first phase will run from April 2026 to December 2029 and
encompasses a wide variety of theoretical, experimental, computational
and empirical research within linguistics, in collaboration with
projects from computer science, computational social science, media
studies and sociology.
The post-doctoral position advertised belongs to the project A04
“Silent Moves”
(https://www.ling.uni-konstanz.de/sfb1760/research-projects/project-group-a/project-a04-silent-moves/),
part of the SFB 1760. The project investigates silence as a
conversational move in formal models of dialog, e.g. the Table Model.
We aim to understand (a) when an interlocutor not saying anything
counts as a compliant vs. non-compliant move; (b) if compliant, what
the meaning contribution of silence is; and (c) whether such meaning
contribution arises conventionally or by pragmatic enrichment. We
investigate silence as reaction to (i) assertions, (ii) questions and
(iii) directives.
Your responsibilities:
 - Corpus work
 - Experimental studies: design, execution and statistical analysis
 - Theory building
 - Theory comparison
Your Competencies:
 - PhD degree in linguistics (completed by the start date)
 - Background in Formal Semantics and Pragmatics
 - Proven experience with experimental approaches
We Offer:
 - The opportunity to work as a post-doctoral within the Collaborative
Research Centre ‘Silence, Noise and Signal in Language’
 - An open, motivated research team and interdisciplinary research
environment
 - Collaborating researchers at doctoral, postdoctoral and
professorial levels
 - Excellent career and equal opportunity coaching

Application Deadline: 15-Feb-2026
Web Address for Applications:
https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/9fe4b50454eee62652e6b7ac77e80308eba46eef0
Application Instructions:
Applications should contain:
(i) a short motivation letter
(ii) an academic CV
(iii) copies of all previous degrees, including detailed transcripts
of records
(iv) two samples of your research
(v) the names and email addresses of two academic referees.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Questions can be directed to Prof. Regine Eckardt
(regine.eckardt at uni-konstanz.de) and Prof. Maribel Romero
(maribel.romero at uni-konstanz.de) via e-mail.
We look forward to receiving your application until 15 February 2026
via our Online Application Portal.
Contact Information:
        Maribel Romero
        Email: maribel.romero at uni-konstanz.de



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