Doctoral scholarship holder Grammar, cross-linguistic semantics, and corpus linguistics

 Department: Department of Linguistics

Regime Full-time

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The Department of Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the fields of grammar, cross-linguistic semantics, and corpus linguistics.

Position

• You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis in Linguistics. The project you are part of is entitled Predictable ways of being unpredictable: Unconventional uses of verbal constructions, and uses data from translation corpora to analyze how progressive aspect and GO- and COME-constructions are exploited cross-linguistically to convey a sense of unconventionality. A detailed description of the project can be found here.
• You will publish scientific articles related to the research project, and present your work at (inter)national conferences.
• You will carry out a limited number of teaching and research support tasks for the Department of Linguistics.

Profile

• You hold a Master degree in the field of linguistics or you will have obtained it by the time you start work.
• You can demonstrate excellent study results.
• Your teaching competences are in line with the University of Antwerp’s educational vision.
• Your research qualities are in line with the faculty and university research policies.
• You act with attention to quality, integrity, creativity and cooperation.
• You are fluent in at least three languages, including English.
• Experience in the domains of (translation) corpus linguistics, statistics and/or grammaticalization studies is an asset.

What we offer

• We offer a doctoral scholarship for a period of two years. Following a positive evaluation, the scholarship can be renewed once for another two-year period.
• The planned start date is 1 October 2022, but a later starting date is negotiable.
• Your monthly scholarship amount is calculated according to the scholarship amounts for doctoral scholarship holders on the pay scales for Contract Research Staff (Dutch: Bijzonder Academisch Personeel, BAP).
• You will receive ecocheques, internet-connectivity allowance and a bicycle allowance or a full reimbursement of public transport costs for commuting.
• You will do most of your work at the City Campus in a dynamic and stimulating working environment.
• Find out more about working at the University of Antwerp here.

Want to apply?

• You can apply for this vacancy through the University of Antwerp’s online job application platform up to and including 8 August 2022 (by midnight Brussels time). Click on the 'Apply' button, complete the online application form and be sure to include the following attachments: a motivation letter and your academic CV.
• The selection committee will review all of the applications as soon as possible after the application deadline. As soon as a decision has been made, we will inform you about the next steps in the selection procedure. The interviews of the pre-selected candidates will take place between 24 August and 7 September 2022.
• If you have any questions about the online application form, please check the frequently asked questions or send an email to jobs@uantwerpen.be. If you have any questions about the job itself, please contact astrid.dewit@uantwerpen.be and peter.petre@uantwerpen.be. 

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