Phd Student in Linguistics - Bern, Schweiz - Universität Bern

Universität Bern

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Bern, Schweiz

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

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Institute of Linguistics
or by agreement
Employment is fixed for 4 years (2.5 years plus 1.5 years).

As part of the SNF-funded project "Uncovering the dynamics of person marking: A construction-based approach in historical microtypology", PI Prof.

Dr. Linda Konnerth (Institute of Linguistics), we are seeking to hire one PhD student.

Tasks

Carry out descriptive linguistic research on a Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan) language of the South-Central (a.k.a. "Kuki-Chin") branch spoken in Northeast India with the goal of producing a stateoftheart comprehensive reference grammar of the language based on a diverse corpus of natural data
Particular emphasis will be on the person marking system of the language, whose description will need to involve the examination of discourse data in addition to elicitation
Conduct fieldwork in Northeast India to build a comprehensive text corpus
Closely collaborate with other team members of the research project
Participate in activities of the North East Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS)
Participate in activities of the Institute of Linguistics at UniBE

Requirements:

MA degree (or equivalent) in linguistics or a related field in hand by July 202
Interests and comprehensive prior training in linguistic fieldwork, corpus linguistics, typology, historical linguistics, from a functionaltypological perspective
Knowledge of relevant software such as ELAN, FLEx, or a commitment to acquire this knowledge prior to the start of the project; a desire to explore innovative (computational) methods is a plus
Social skills needed to successfully collaborate with language consultants and other important members of the language community, as well as with the research team members
Commitment to communicate research results through publications and conference presentations

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