http://linguistlist.org Latest Support Issues en-us Copyright 2008-2017 The LINGUIST List linguist@linguistlist.org linguist@linguistlist.org http://backend.userland.com/rss Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:04 EST 60 http://linguistlist.org/images/lllogo-large.png http://linguistlist.org http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4312.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4312.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z The Department of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London is delighted to announce the following PhD funding competitions: - London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS-DTP) Studentship (residency restrictions apply) - London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP) Studentship (residency restrictions apply) - QMUL Principal's Postgraduate Research Studentships - QMUL Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarships (as part of the Mobile People programme) http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4310.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4310.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z Laboratory technician for speech & brain lab (initially 1 year, 50 – 60 % FTE) We will soon be opening a new Center for Linguistic Research Infrastructure (LiRI) at the University of Zurich. LiRI involves researchers and research teams studying language from a wide range of perspectives. The Center provides support for language scientists with different backgrounds working with different kinds of experimental (e.g. eye-tracking, EEG, behavioral) and natural linguistic data (audiovisual, t http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4309.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4309.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z UniversitätsassistentIn - Dissertationsstelle Chiffre PHIL-KULT-10967 Beginn/Dauer: ab 01.03.2020 auf 3 Jahre Organisationseinheit: Germanistik Beschäftigungsausmaß: 30 Stunden/Woche Hauptaufgaben: - Dissertation im Bereich der am Doktoratskolleg beteiligten Fächer Promotion an der Universität Innsbruck im Rahmen des - Doktoratskollegs ''Grenzen, Grenzverschiebungen und Grenzüberschreitungen in Sprache, Literatur, Medien'' - Lehre bei Bedarf - Unterstützung bei der http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4245.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4245.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z There is a PhD assistantship available for 4 years beginning in the Fall of 2020 in the PhD program of the Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the State University of New York, Albany. The assistantship requires the successful candidate to work on the Albany Corpus of Intercultural Communication with Distinguished Professor Istvan Kecskes (www.albany.edu/~ik692) and assist with the TESOL practicum course. The assistantship includes 20 flexible hours per week and pays $18,000 per aca http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4244.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4244.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z Two PhD positions are available in the Applied English Linguistics Section at the Department of English, University of Graz. These positions are attached to the project Characterising Foreign Accent in First Language Attrition funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) to Professor Ineke Mennen, the Principal Investigator (PI). You will be working alongside the PI, a Postdoctoral Researcher, a student assistant, and our international collaborator (Dr Robert Mayr) on the aims of the project http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4243.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4243.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z Georgetown University (Washington, DC) invites applications to Ph.D. programs for students wishing to study Computational Linguistics starting in Fall 2020. Strategically located in the nation's capital with proximity to government institutions, a thriving tech industry, and other major universities, Georgetown offers advanced training and cutting-edge research opportunities in topics such as linguistic data management, information retrieval, data mining, natural language processing, and machine http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4242.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4242.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z The Department of Linguistics at the University of Rochester invites applications for its MA in Linguistics. The 32-credit program can be completed in 3 semesters (plus an optional additional semester for thesis/project research). Note: A tuition award (for reduced tuition) is available for the strongest applicants. The Linguistics MA program (http://www.sas.rochester.edu/lin/graduate/master.html) provides students with a solid foundation in the core areas of Theoretical Linguistics, inc http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4241.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4241.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z The Department of Linguistics at the University of Rochester invites applications for its MS in Computational Linguistics. The 32-credit program can be completed in 3 semesters (plus an optional additional semester for thesis/project research). A tuition award (for reduced tuition) is available for the strongest applicants. The MS in Computational Linguistics program trains students to be conversant in the use of computational techniques for the analysis of natural language. The curricul http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4240.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4240.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z The Department of Linguistics at the University of Rochester invites applications for its Master's of Arts program in Language Documentation and Description. The 32-credit program can be completed in 3 semesters (plus an optional additional semester for thesis/project research). Note: A tuition award (for reduced tuition) is available for the strongest applicants. The MA in Language Documentation and Description (http://www.sas.rochester.edu/lin/graduate/LDD.html) immerses students in be http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4239.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4239.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z The department of LINGUISTICS at the UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER invites applications from students interested in pursuing a fully-funded PhD program in Linguistics, with cross-disciplinary training and collaboration. Students will have a primary focus in Linguistics, with secondary focus in another department in Arts, Sciences & Engineering. The faculty in the Department of Linguistics (http://www.sas.rochester.edu/lin/) are grounded in the traditional fields of formal linguistics, employin http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4163.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4163.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z The School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sheffield invites outstanding postdoctoral candidates to apply for the 2020 round of the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship scheme. Our School has a thriving research community of academic staff and postgraduate students. We engage in research which spans a wide range of languages (Catalan, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Luxembourgish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish), geographical regions (Europe, the Americas, Africa) and di http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4161.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4161.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z The M.S. in Computational Linguistics at Montclair State University is accepting applications for the Spring 2020 or Fall 2020 terms. Research assistantship positions are available to the most qualified applicants. One of the positions comes with a tuition waiver and a stipend for two semesters with the possibility of additional funding. The ideal candidate will be a native or near native speaker of Mandarin Chinese. An experience with Python and Web technologies is a plus. http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4103.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4103.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z We invite applications for 5 PhD positions (male/female/diverse). The positions are open with immediate effect for 3 full years (36 months) part-time (65% full-time equivalent, currently 25.87 hours/week). Renumeration is according to the German TV-L E13 pay scale. The successful candidates will work in two interrelated, interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of NLP, Linguistics and Literary Studies: "Reflective Passages" (RP) and "Uncertain Attribution" (UA). Göttingen University http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4082.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4082.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z The MSU SLS Program is offering a fully funded Ph.D. position in SLA with a specialization in language policy. This person will assist Dr. Peter De Costa with research on language policy, with a specific focus on multilingualism in K-12 contexts, a critique of neoliberal English as a medium of instruction (EMI) policies, and family language policy in international and domestic (US) settings. Priority will be given to individuals who are interested in exploring the interface between language poli http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4079.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4079.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z The Tübingen Collaborative Research Center 833 “Constitution of Meaning” is looking to fill research position as part of Project B8 “Position and Interpretation: Syntactic, Semantic and Information Structural Constraints in Processing Adjuncts” (PI: Prof. Dr. Britta Stolterfoht). Earliest start date is December 1, 2019. Funding ends June 30, 2021, payment is according to E 13TV-L, 65%. The project investigates adjuncts at the syntax-semantics interface from a processing perspective. The goal http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4059.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4059.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z The Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin is currently accepting applications from candidates to pursue doctoral studies in German culture (including literature and film); foreign language pedagogy and applied linguistics; and theoretical linguistics. Our faculty members are affiliated with graduate programs in related fields, including Comparative Literature, French & Italian, and Linguistics, and are internationally recognized for their scholarship. The strengths http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-3999.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-3999.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z Applications are invited for a full-time 4-year PhD research position (pre-doctoral grant for Formation of Researchers of the Spanish Government - Ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formación de doctores – FPI) in The Bilingual Mind group in the Dept. of Linguistics and Basque Studies at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz. The successful applicant will work on a new research project titled Cross-linguistic activation effects in bilingual language proc http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-3998.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-3998.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z PhD Student Recruitment in Cognitive and Brain Sciences Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Macau https://ccbs.ici.um.edu.mo The Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the University of Macau is dedicated to enhancing interdisciplinary cognitive and brain sciences and translating discoveries into solutions for a healthy society. The Centre aims at becoming a leading research and education institution in cognition and brain sciences in the Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-3950.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-3950.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z La section des Sciences du Langage et de l’Information de l’Université de Lausanne (www.unil.ch/sli) met au concours deux postes de doctorant·e·s dans le domaine de la pragmatique. Ces postes s’inscrivent dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche intitulé « Prendre une position épistémique dans l’interaction. Les marqueurs du savoir, du non-savoir et du doute en français », financé par le Fonds National Suisse de la recherche scientifique. Exigences • Formation en linguistique au niveau Master http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-3949.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-3949.html 2019-11-13T17:59:47Z Fully-funded extended Masters fellowships for international students The Department of Cognitive Studies (DEC) at Ecole Normale Supérieure is inviting applications for a fully-funded extended 3-year Masters program (which can be followed by a 3-year doctoral grant at ENS or elsewhere in France, conditioned on a mid-term evaluation). Application deadline: November 29 2019 - please find more details below. *** We offer paid three-year fellowships to international students interes