37.176, Support: Germanic; Middle English (1100-1500), Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500), Old English (ca. 450-1100), Old High German (ca. 750-1050); Historical Linguistics, Semantics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD, University of Konstanz, Germany

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Subject: 37.176, Support: Germanic; Middle English (1100-1500), Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500), Old English (ca. 450-1100), Old High German (ca. 750-1050); Historical Linguistics, Semantics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD, University of Konstanz, Germany

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Date: 15-Jan-2026
From: Regine Eckardt [regine.eckardt at uni-konstanz.de]
Subject: Germanic; Middle English (1100-1500), Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500), Old English (ca. 450-1100), Old High German (ca. 750-1050); Historical Linguistics, Semantics, Text/Corpus Linguistics: PhD, University of Konstanz, Germany


Institution/Organization: University of Konstanz, Germany
Web Address:
https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/17f2ade71b84a9f57ec4e609acacb4238fab623d0

Level: PhD

Duties: Research, Project Work

Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics; Semantics; Text/Corpus
Linguistics
Required Language(s): Middle English (1100-1500) (enm)
                      Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500) (gmh)
                      Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang)
                      Old High German (ca. 750-1050) (goh)
                      Germanic

Description:

The two doctoral positions advertised belong to the project B01 “Noise
and New Grammar: Stages of Semantic Change”
(https://www.ling.uni-konstanz.de/sfb1760/research-projects/project-group-b/project-b01-noise-and-new-grammar-stages-of-semantic-change/),
part of the SFB 1760. The project investigates he diachrony of
quantifying determiners and particles in German and English. Starting
from the Conservativity Universal for determiners, we search for
forces that can generate exceptions: the very rare determiners that
violate this property. One PhD position will be responsible for the
history of German, the other position is responsible for the history
of English. Please indicate your preferences and experience with
either language. A PhD thesis can be completed as part of the project.

Application Deadline: 15-Feb-2026

Mailing Address for Applications:
        Regine Eckardt
        University of Konstanz, Dept. of Linguistics
        Universitätsstr. 10
        D-78457 Konstanz
        Germany
Web Address for Applications:
https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/17f2ade71b84a9f57ec4e609acacb4238fab623d0
Email Address for Applications: regine.eckardt at uni-konstanz.de

Contact Information:
Regine Eckardt



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