[E-Job] Graduate Positions at the UiL OTS (fwd)

Csaba Pleh Department of Psychology Attila Jozsef University, Szeged Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary Phone: (36)(62) 454000, extension 3273 Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary, (36)(23) 453932 or 933 Editor, Hungarian Review of Psychology ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 12:07:36 +0100 From: UiL-OTS <UiL-OTS(a)let.uu.nl> To: Linguist(a)tamvm1.tamu.edu, colibri(a)let.uu.nl, elsnet-list(a)let.uu.nl, cogling_nl(a)let.uu.nl, neder-l(a)nic.surfnet.nl, uilots-staff(a)let.uu.nl, uilots-phd(a)let.uu.nl, uilots-info(a)let.uu.nl, lot-l(a)let.uu.nl, lotstaff-l(a)let.uu.nl, hil(a)letmail.let.leidenuniv.nl, lotphd-l(a)let.uu.nl Subject: [E-Job] Graduate Positions at the UiL OTS Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Mar 99 23:42:48 +100 Resent-From: pleh(a)izabell.elte.hu Resent-To: pleh(a)sol.cc.u-szeged.hu The Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS is a research institute of the faculty of arts of Utrecht University. About a hundred people are involved of which 12 full professors, 8 postdoc researchers and about 30 graduate students. The goal of UiL OTS is to develop scientific expertise in the area of language, speech and their use. It participates in the Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics LOT and in the Graduate school of Logic OzsL. The research of UiL OTS comprises the following six areas: (i) Syntax and Semantics, (ii) Morphology & Phonology, (iii) Computational Linguistics & Logic, (iv) Phonetics, (v) Language Development, en (vi) Language Use. The research programme of UiL OTS brings together research from different strands of linguistics and related disciplines such as logic, computer science, cognitive sciences, teaching, and social sciences. Specific domains of interdisciplinary co-operation are: the lexicon, 1st and 2nd Language Acquisition, Language Teaching, Natural Language Processing, Text linguistics and Conversation-analysis, Translation Studies, Text-design and Language- and Speech technology. Within the Netherlands the UiL OTS is the only research institute which brings together all these different types of research. The research policy of UiL OTS is focused on making full use of the added value of this concentration of research and strengthen the national and international position of the institute. UiL OTS searches ambitious and enthousiastic candidates for 7 Graduate Positions in Linguistics Start: August 1, 1999. UiL OTS received additional funding for the coming 5 years from the Board of Utrecht University for the research programme "Language in Use". The goal of this programme is to gain insight in several fundamental questions in the area of Language structure, Language Processing and Language Acquisition by combining research methods from different subdisciplines and bringing together experts with different backgrounds. To this end the experimental and computer facilities of UiL OTS have been substantially improved. Against this background, we are especially looking for candidates to carry out research in one of the following areas of research: - The role of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic factors in the interpretation of referential dependencies. - The role of prosody in Language Structure and Language Processing. - The role of the Language Acquisition Device in first and second language acquisition as compared to general cognitive faculties and experience. - The construction of formal models of syntactic and semantic structure. In all these areas projects will be characterised by an interdisciplinary approach. Candidates are expected to be able to co-operate with researchers from different backgrounds. It is envisaged to assign 5 graduate positions to the programme "Language in Use". Two graduate positions will be available for the other areas of the UiL OTS research programme as it is sketched above. Candidates are invited to apply for a graduate position in one of these research fields. As part of their training, they will be able to follow courses in the graduate programmes of LOT and/or OzsL. Furthermore, candidates will carry out a research project. In each of the above-mentioned research areas projects have been formulated by the institute staff, but candidates may also apply on the basis of a proposal of their own. Such proposals will be evaluated against the research program of the institute. Summaries of the available projects will be sent to you on request. These summaries are also available on our Web-page: www-uilots.let.ruu.nl/graduatepositions.htm. Part of the selection procedure will be to elaborate a project proposal on the basis of a summary. We ask enthusiasm for scientific research and evident interest in one of the areas of research of UiL OTS. The candidate should have a relevant doctoraal, or equivalent (MA-)exam. Those who will finish their doctoraal/MA before August 1, 1999 are also eligible. We offer a stimulating and innovative research environment with many international contacts, a program which offers possibilities for education in a broad area of linguistics, good experimental facilities, bursaries for attending conferences and a monthly stipend. Contingent on progress the stipend will be available for four years. Information will be provided by professor Eric Reuland (academic director), tel. +31-30-256006, or Dr. Jan Don (program coordinator), tel. +31-30-2536065. Applications may be sent before March 22 to the Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS, Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands. Applications should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae, two references, a list of academic results, and a written specimen of academic research (MA-thesis, paper, etc.) Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS UiL OTS voice: #31 (0)30-2536006 fax: #31 (0)30-2536000 postal address: Trans 10, 3512 JK, Utrecht, The Netherlands www-uilots.let.uu.nl - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : ELSNET European Network in Language and Speech - http://www.elsnet.org/ : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~