Promotionsstelle Psycholinguistik und Konstruktionsgrammatik

DFG GRK 1624 "Frequenzeffekte in der Sprache", Universität Freiburg
Freiburg
Deutschland
1. April 2016
PhD position in Psycholinguistics and Construction Grammar
The Research Training Group DFG GRK 1624/2 "Frequency effects in language" at the University of Freiburg, Germany (http://frequenz.uni-freiburg.de/abstract&language=en), invites applications for a PhD position in a project supervised by
Prof. Dr. Lars Konieczny (http://portal.uni-freiburg.de/cognition/mitarbeiter/konieczny/) and Prof. Dr. Martin Hilpert (http://members.unine.ch/martin.hilpert/).

This is a university position, with a period of appointment of two years, starting April 1 2016, with the possibility to be extended for another six months. The position involves working in a project investigating the explanatory adequacy of construction grammars and the psychological reality of constructions. Work packages include designing, conducting and running psycholinguistic experiments, as well as analyzing experimental and corpus data. Knowledge of German is a prerequisite. The position is at the rank of Akademischer Mitarbeiter (German scale TV-L E13 65\% = 25.675 hrs/week). Salary increases with experience.

Ideal candidates have an excellent Masters degree in Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Psychology or a related field and link to the strengths of the group and the excellent research context in Freiburg. Candidates should have a solid background in experimental psycholinguistics, should be familiar with Construction Grammar, as well as with data analysis in R. Experience with eyetracking techniques is a plus.

Applications should include:
- Cover letter spelling out research experience & interest in position - Academic CV
- Copy of MA degree and transcript
- Names and emails of two referees
Send applications by email as a single pdf attachment to: grk@frequenz.uni-freiburg.de
For questions, please email:
Lars Konieczny (lars.konieczny@cognition.uni-freiburg.de) and
Martin Hilpert (martin.hilpert@unine.ch)

Applications received by February 15, 2016 will receive full consideration, although interviews may start at any time and will continue until the position has been filled.

The University of Freiburg is an equal opportunity employer regarding professional opportunities for women and men. Equally qualified candidates with physical challenges will be given preference. Employment will be conducted by the central university administration.