3 Postdoc Research Fellowships: University Research Priority Program 1382 views

University of Zurich invites applications for three postdoctoral research fellows under the University Research Priority Program (URPP) Language and Space.

About the research:

• The URPP explores the interface between language and space with regards to the distribution of languages and linguistic structures in geographical and social space (“language areas”), and the embedding of speech in the spatial environment as shaped by perception, motion, and action (“interactional spaces”).
• The URPP combines insights from dialectology, typology, and interactional linguistics.

5 research groups:

• Accommodation and Social Categorization
• Areal Morphology
• Interactional Spaces
• Spatial References
• Systems of Nominal Determination in Contact

Starting date: September 1, 2018

Duration: 2 years; possibility of extension

Requirements:

• Applicants must hold a PhD in a discipline of linguistics as well as publications in their field of specialization.
• Applicants are expected to have independent research experience in one of the core areas of the URPP.
• Applicant must have some experience in empirical methods of linguistic research (collection and analysis of linguistic data), and must be interested in the interdisciplinary advancement of theories in the area of language and space.
• Applicant is expected to have a keen interest in collaborating with linguists with diverse backgrounds (e.g. dialectology, areal typology, interactional linguistics, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, phonetics, general linguistics, Romance studies, German studies, Slavic studies, English studies, Sinology).
• Applicant must have (apart from English) good command of German or be ready to acquire sufficient competency within the first six months after taking up the position.

Applications:

Applications must include the following:

• A statement of interest (letter of motivation)
• Description of the research he/she would like to pursue (3-5 pages)
• CV including a list of publications
• Copy of the applicant’s PhD certificate.
• Applications should be sent as a single PDF file to bewerbungen@spur.uzh.ch, with the subject “Application PostDoc.”