13 June: fyi -- research/pg funding, Germany
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The linguistics department of the University of Potsdam (Germany)
invites applications for two half positions (Researcher/
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, 1/2 BAT-O IIa, three years). Both
positions are part of a project within a new SFB (Special Research
Area) on information structure. The project's title is 'Rhetorical
structure in spoken language'. It deals with the interaction of the
rhetorical structure of texts with the prosodic features of spoken
discourse. During the first three years the research will focus on
German.
One position is for a linguist interested in the phonology-semantics-
pragmatics interface. The research involves two main areas: (1)
theoretical and experimental examination of prosodic phenomena
resulting from the interaction between discourse structure and
information structure (such as deaccentuation); and (2) analysis and
modeling of phonological aspects of discourse prosody.
The other position is to be filled by a linguist interested in
experimental phonetics and corpus analysis in the context of discourse
prosody. The position involves data acquisition and corpus design,
implementation of phonetic analyses on large speech corpora, and
experiments on the production and perception of discourse prosodic
features.
Knowledge of German is necessary for both positions. Earliest start is
July 1st, 2003.
Address for Applications:
Attn: Dr. Joerg Mayer
PF 601553
Potsdam, 14415
Germany
Applications are due by 27-Jun-2003
Contact Information:
Dr. Joerg Mayer
Email: mayer@ling.uni-potsdam.de
Tel: +49 331 9772051
Website: http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de
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