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Job Faculty of Arts - PhD position Language & Interaction: Aphasic Dutch (1,0 fte)

PhD position Language & Interaction: Aphasic Dutch (1,0 fte)

Job description

The PhD position is part of the NWO-funded Vidi research project "The Conversation Frame: Linguistic Forms and Communicative Functions in Discourse", awarded to Dr. Esther Pascual (http://www.rug.nl/staff/E.Pascual/index). The program examines the relation between language, interaction and cognition, i.e. what Pascual calls 'fictive interaction'. The main focus is on (intra-)sentential interactional structures -often expressed through direct speech- that reflect the conversational pattern of turn-taking. Examples are: "an attitude that says 'what's in it for me?'", "a 'what's in it for me?' attitude". The language data will be daily and aphasic Dutch discourse from adult native speakers. The program is organized around two related PhD projects. We are inviting applications for one of these PhD projects.

Specific area: 'Fictive Interaction' in Aphasic Dutch.
The PhD candidate will examine the use of (intra-)sentential interactional structures as adaptation strategy in natural conversations of speech-impaired individuals with Broca's aphasia (e.g. "Joe: 'oh dear, oh dear' " for "Joe was really worried"; "Sugar? No!" for "I am a diabetic").

Additional information as well as a complete description of the project and the PhD subprojects, can be obtained from the principal investigator or secretary CLGC.

Requirements

- Master's degree (preferably a Research Master) in (Clinical/ Applied/ General) Linguistics, Psychology, or a related field
- excellent record of undergraduate and Master's level study
- native speaker of Dutch and excellent command of English
- ability to work in a research team
- ability to work with patients
- ability or willingness to learn to apply experimental methods an advantage.

Conditions of employment

The University of Groningen offers a salary of € 2,042 gross per month in the first year to € 2,612 gross per month in the fourth year (figures based on full employment). The full-time appointment is temporary for a specified period of four years.

Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the application deadline.

Start date: 1 September 2010.

Affiliation
The PhD candidate will be affiliated with the 'Discourse & Communication Group' from the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen. This institute embraces all the Linguistics research in the faculty. The PhD candidate will be enrolled in the research training programme of the Graduate School for the Humanities.

The position requires residence in Groningen, 38 hours/week research and research training, and must result in a PhD dissertation. After the first year there will be an assessment of the candidates' results and the progress of the project to decide whether the employment will be continued.

You can only apply for this vacancy before 1 April 2010 by sending your application with vacancy number 210090 by postal mail to the Director of the Graduate School for the Humanities, Prof. C.L.J. de Bot, P.O. Box 716, 9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands. Please do not use the application form.

Please include:
- a letter of motivation in English to apply for this project
- a curriculum vitae
- a copy of diplomas and a list of grades
- a list of publications (if applicable)
- the names and e-mail addresses of two academic referees.

Organisation

Faculty of Arts

Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative centre of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Balanced study and career paths in a wide variety of disciplines encourage the 27,000 students and researchers to develop their own individual talents. Belonging to the best research universities in Europe and joining forces with prestigeous partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.

The University provides a career advisory service for partners of new staff who move to Groningen.

The university is an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still underrepresented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged to apply.

Faculty of Arts - Center for Language and Cognition

Additional information

Dr. Esther Pascual, principal investigator
+31 50 3635948,
E.Pascual@rug.nl
Ms. Wyke van der Meer, secretary CLCG
+31 50 3635806,
w.a.van.der.meer@rug.nl
A summary of the entire program
CLCG
Graduate School for the Humanities

 

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