[CogSci] A 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at Royal Holloway, University of London

[Lev-Ari, Shiri]

Applications are invited for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow position on the Leverhulme-funded project: "Is the cultural shift to written communication changing language?" at Royal Holloway, University of London. The position is for 3 years, starting on April 3, 2023 or soon after (up to early Summer).

The project examines how the shift from spoken to written communication over the last 20 years is changing language. Languages have evolved over tens of thousands of years to optimize spoken communication. However, over the last 20 years, humans have begun to communicate primarily through written language. This shift is interesting for understanding of language evolution because the words that are easiest to type and read are not the ones that are easiest to say and understand. This project will use historical trends and experimental methods to test whether the shift to written communication is changing language. It will exploit a natural experiment in how we use language to probe a fundamental aspect of humanity at the biology-culture interface.

Applicants should have a PhD in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, or a related field. They should have experience in running experiments as well as the computational skills for data extraction and processing (e.g., ability to work with Google Ngram).

Application deadline: February 1st, 2023
For more information and to apply: https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=1222-568

If you have any questions about the position, feel free to email Shiri Lev-Ari (PI) at shiri.lev-ari at rhul.ac.uk<mailto:shiri.lev-ari at rhul.ac.uk>.

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Shiri Lev-Ari
Lecturer / Assistant Professor, Psychology Department
Royal Holloway, University of London
website: https://langsocnet.psychologyresearch.co.uk/


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