13 June: FYI -- PhD funding, Germany

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The Linguistics Department of the Seminar for English Philology of the
Georg-August-University Goettingen is offering a PhD position.

This doctoral position in Göttingen should be filled by October 1, 2016.
Regular working hours will be 65 % of the full-time job (currently 25,87 hours
per week) with a limited contract of 3 years until 30 September 2019. Salary:
Pay grade 13 TV-L.

Tasks:

The student will carry out cross linguistic syntactic and semantic studies of
past tense morphology in natural language and write a dissertation in
generative syntax and/or formal semantics within the joint Berlin (ZAS) –
Göttingen DFG-funded project ‘Past Tense Morphology in Tense and Modality’.
Supervisor is Hedde Zeijlstra (Göttingen). More information will be made
available at http://www.heddezeijlstra.org/. A coursework and research plan
will be developed by the student together with the supervisors at the
respective institution at their appointment.

Requirements:

MA in linguistics (or equivalent), obtained no longer than five years ago.
Solid background in syntax and/or semantics.

The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and places
particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women. Qualified
women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as they are underrepresented
in this field. Disabled persons with equivalent aptitude will be favoured.

Candidates send their letter of application together with a CV, a letter of
motivation, a copy of their MA thesis or an equivalent paper and a list of 2
references. Students who have not finished their degree as of yet, should
provide an indication when they expect to do so.

Please send your application in electronic form by 1 July 2016 to Prof. Hedde
Zeijlstra, see email address below.

If you have any questions, please contact Hedde Zeijlstra (via phone or email,
see contact information below)

Application Deadline: 1 July 2016.


Application Deadline: 01-Jul-2016

Web Address for Applications: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/305402.html?cid=11730

Contact Information:
Zeijlstra Hedde Zeijlstra
hzeijls@uni-goettingen.de
+49 551 39-7566

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