post-doc position in psycholinguistics and language acquisition

[marzenawatorek]

The VILLA project coordinated by the UMR 7023 CNRS laboratory in Paris,
France invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in language
acquisition (the language of study will be Polish) to begin 1 October
2011. The VILLA Project has received funding for a three-year period
(2011-2014) from the Open Research Area of the Social Sciences in
Europe, with contributions from the national research agencies in
France, Germany and the Netherlands. Scholars in the UK are also
involved in the project. VILLA, Varieties of Initial Learners in
Language Acquisition: controlled classroom input and elementary forms of
linguistic organisation, will investigate and compare the acquisition of
Polish by native speakers of French, German, Dutch and English.
Applicants should be linguists of Slavic languages with an expertise in
Polish (not necessarily a Polish native speaker) and should have
knowledge of psycholinguistics and language acquisition. They should be
proficient in English and have good communication skills in French. The
appointment will be for 20 months, and the post will be based in Paris
(with some travel to partner countries)The recipient will advise project
members on linguistic aspects of Polish and coordinate the different
operations involved in VILLA data collection: analyses of instructor
input, learner productions, and test results. The recipient will also
maintain relations between those collecting and analyzing data in the
four countries and organize the communication of results between the
four teams. In addition, the candidate will have the opportunity to
conduct cutting-edge research in one or several of the investigation
areas (phonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax, pragmatic utterance
organization, L3 acquisition, individual differences, or the interface
between language teaching and acquisition) according to his/her own
scientific interests. S/he will be affiliated with the French CNRS
(Centre national de la recherche scientifique), in an UMR 7023
"Structures Formelles du Langage" (For more information on the research
laboratory, see: http://www.umr7023.cnrs.fr/.)The candidate must hold a
PhD degree at the time of appointment. Interested candidates should send
a letter of application, a detailed curriculum vitae (including a list
of publications and research experience) and a Doctoral Thesis Defense
Report to: Marzena Watorek: marzenawatorek at yahoo.fr Deadline for
applications: 30 may 2011.
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