{"id":3827,"date":"2012-05-29T00:51:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T00:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=3827"},"modified":"2012-06-19T20:47:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T20:47:54","slug":"phd-or-postdoc-fellowships-at-the-mpi-for-evolutionary-anthropology-leipzig-germany-computational-linguistics-textcorpus-linguistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=3827","title":{"rendered":"PhD or Postdoc Fellowships at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig, Germany): Computational Linguistics; Text\/Corpus Linguistics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>At the Department of Linguistics of the Max Planck Institute for
\nEvolutionary Anthropology a half time position for a researcher at the
\nPhD or PostDoc level (pay scale EGr. 13TV-L, 50%) is available for 3
\nyears beginning in June 2012 or later. The position is part of the
\nproject \u00ab\u00a0The relative frequencies of nouns, pronouns, and verbs
\ncross-linguistically\u00a0\u00bb, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation’s DoBeS
\nprogram (http:\/\/www.mpi.nl\/dobes<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The project investigates the relative frequencies of nouns, pronouns,
\nand verbs in spoken language corpora of seven languages (for
\ndetails, see\u00a0http:\/\/www.eva.mpg.de\/lingua\/research\/relative-frequencies.php<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The main research questions are:
\n– How exactly and why do languages vary in the overall relative
\nfrequencies of noun, pronoun, and verb tokens employed in
\ndiscourse?
\n– How exactly and why do the relative frequencies of nouns,
\npronouns, and verbs vary as narrative texts unfold?<\/p>\n

The candidate should have a background in computational
\nlinguistics, ideally in corpus-linguistic methods. The candidate
\nshould have a demonstrable interest in typological linguistics, and
\nideally have had some formal training in this area. Prior
\nacquaintance with a scripting language is required. Prior
\nacquaintance with R (http:\/\/www.r-project.org<\/a>) and Unicode would be
\nadvantages.<\/p>\n

Candiates at the Ph.D. level will be given the opportunity to work on a
\nPh.D. thesis related to this project. The Ph.D. thesis should ideally
\ninclude a discussion of the methodological issues involved in this
\nproject, and a detailed investigation of a research question to be
\ndetermined together with the candidate.<\/p>\n

The duties of the candidate are to further develop and apply routines
\nto process and analyze the multilingual corpora used in this project.
\nThis includes:
\n– Importing annotated texts files into R;
\n– Developing methods to detect systematic errors in tagging and
\ncreate consistent tagging;
\n– Developing scripts for frequency analyses and other statistical
\nanalyses in R;
\n– Developing creative visualizations of results for presentations and
\npublications.<\/p>\n

The candidate will receive training and continued supervision
\nthroughout the project in the computational methods and in the
\nlinguistic issues involved. Project work will be supported by two
\nstudent assistants.<\/p>\n

Applicants should already have an MA in Linguistics, Computer
\nScience, or an equivalent qualification by the start of their
\nappointment. Applicants at the Ph.D. level have the possibility of
\nobtaining their doctoral degree through the University of Leipzig
\n(http:\/\/www.uni-leipzig.de<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Good knowledge of English is required.<\/p>\n

Applicants are requested to send a C.V. and a statement of research
\ninterests (2-3 pages) to the address given below or by e-mail.
\nApplicants should provide the names of two referees in their
\napplication and arrange for them to send letters of reference directly
\nto Dr. Frank Seifart. E-mail applications, preferably as one single pdf-
\ndocument, are welcome.<\/p>\n

Application deadline: Until filled. We will start reviewing applications<\/span>
\non May 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

The position is available from as soon as June 2012, but a later
\nstarting date is possible.<\/p>\n

Mailing Address for Applications:<\/span>
\nDr. Frank Seifart\u00a0<\/span>
\nMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology\u00a0<\/span>
\nDeutscher Platz 6\u00a0<\/span>
\nLeipzig 04103\u00a0<\/span>
\nGermany\u00a0<\/span>
\nEmail Address for Applications: frank_seifart\"\"eva.mpg.de\u00a0<\/span>
\nContact Information:<\/span>
\nDr. Frank Seifart\u00a0<\/span>
\nEmail: frank_seifart\"\"eva.mpg.de\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the Department of Linguistics of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology a half time position for a researcher at the PhD or PostDoc level (pay scale EGr. 13TV-L, 50%) is available for 3 years beginning in June 2012 or later. The position is part of the project \u00ab\u00a0The relative frequencies of nouns, pronouns, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-postdoct","category-scholarship-bourses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3827"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4124,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827\/revisions\/4124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}