<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear list administrator,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Would it be possible to post the following job ad?:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you in advance,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards, Sabine Stoll</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><font size="2" face="Default Sans
Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><font size="2" face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-cdfc9bdb-7fff-2cbc-5bce-3d4117e42153" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">3–5 DOCTORAL/POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS (4 years) at the Department of Comparative Language Science and the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution (ISLE)</font></span></span></font></font></p><font size="2" face="Default Sans
Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The Department of Comparative Language Science at the University of Zurich and the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution (ISLE) invite applications for 3–5 4-year</font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> junior research positions (Postdoctoral Researcher and/or PhD) in typology, Indo-European linguistics, and first language acquisition</font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">. The positions are embedded in the interdisciplinary research project ‘</font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The evolution of structural units in language’</font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Gerda-Zeltner Fellowship program.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The main goal of the project is to explore the evolution of core linguistic units over time, such as the transmission of various types of word-like units (e.g. phonological and grammatical words or various phrasal chunks). The project addresses this question in first language acquisition across diverse languages, in patterns of language evolution across typological samples, and in the history of Indo-European across different areal contexts. The project combines large-scale corpus studies with the analysis of typological databases and qualitative data acquisition. The team is led by experts in first language acquisition (Sabine Stoll), historical linguistics (Paul Widmer), and typological linguistics (Balthasar Bickel) in collaboration with several postdocs and senior researchers in the department.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The successful candidates will become part of a larger interdisciplinary research team situated in the </font></span><a href="http://isle.uzh.ch" moz-do-not-send="true" style="text-decoration: none;" class="">Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> and the National Center of Competence in Research (</font></span><a href="https://evolvinglanguage.ch/" moz-do-not-send="true" style="text-decoration: none;" class="">NCCR) Evolving Language</a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The positions offered are open rank (PhD or Postdoc) in the following areas:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">A: Indo-European linguistics, philology and historical linguistics,</font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> with a strong interest in comparative/typological/evolutionary questions and a solid background in qualitative data acquisition and analysis as well as at least some experience with quantitative methods. Possible focus areas are western Indo-European languages/Anatolian and eastern Indo-European languages/Indo-Iranian.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">B: Typology and areal linguistics,</font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> with a strong interest in comparative and evolutionary questions. The ideal candidate has a solid background in both qualitative and quantitative methods of typological, areal and/or historical linguistics.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">C: First language acquisition, </font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">with a strong interest in typological variation, corpus linguistics and quantitative methods. Solid background in a scripting language is required (preferred languages R or Python). The candidate will work with the ACQDIV database including longitudinal first language acquisition data (age range 2-4) of 15 typologically diverse languages.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Research environment:</font></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">We offer work in an interdisciplinary and international team located at the University of Zurich. Researchers are expected to have a strong commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork. Doctoral students will be embedded in the Linguistics Doctoral Program of the University of Zurich.</font></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Postdoctoral positions include teaching obligations of maximally one course per semester. Salaries correspond to SNSF pay scales. </font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">
</font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The department places great emphasis on gender balance; we particularly encourage women to apply.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Application:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Starting date: September 1, 2021</font></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The positions are available until filled; we </font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">start reviewing applications May 1</font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">, 2021. </font></span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">For consideration please compile the following documents into a single PDF labelled ‘LingUnits-YourSurname-Position.pdf’ (where Position is either “A”, “B”, or “C” and “PhD” or “Postdoc”, e.g. LingUnits-Meyer-A-PhD) and send to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jobs@ivs.uzh.ch" moz-do-not-send="true">jobs@ivs.uzh.ch</a>: </font></span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- a cover letter (motivation and qualifications, 2 pages max); </font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- curriculum vitae; </font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- contacts of two referees; </font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- writing sample (2 pages max, e.g. abstracts); </font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- for PhD applications also transcripts of bachelor’s and master’s courses; </font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">- for Postdoc applications also a publication list and a dissertation abstract.</font></span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">For questions contact <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paul.widmer@uzh.ch" moz-do-not-send="true">paul.widmer@uzh.ch</a>.</font></span></div></font></div></body></html>