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Ten PhD student positions or postdoctoral positions on limits of variability in languages, Potsdam (Germany)

The Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1287 ?Limits of Variability in 
Language: Cognitive, Computational, and Grammatical Aspects? in Potsdam, 
Germany, invites applications for 10 positions for PhD candidates and 
Postdocs available from July 2021 for a duration of four years

The linguistic system exhibits a high degree of variability at all levels 
of linguistic description. This variability in language can be 
characterised as a range of different possible linguistic behaviours that 
are available to an individual language user, a group of language users, 
or in specific languages. The variability is limited by the constraints of 
the underlying linguistic system and shaped by cognitive and social or 
communicative factors. This variability is not just reducible to random 
noise but provides an important source of information to explain and 
predict linguistic behaviour. By modelling the factors influencing 
linguistic behaviours, the CRC (21 PIs in 13 scientific projects, one 
transfer project, and three service projects) contributes to a better 
understanding of the underlying mental representations and processing 
architectures in individual language users, as well as of the grammatical 
options available in individual languages and specific linguistic 
varieties, and options shared by particular subgroups of languages users.

The CRC provides a fantastic research infrastructure including a large 
interdisciplinary network of researchers, its own graduate school 
(successful PhD candidates and Postdocs automatically become members of 
the 
MGK<https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/sfb1287/projects/special-projects/mgk> - 
Integrated Research Training Group), and funding opportunities for 
conference visits, summer schools, hosting international experts etc.

Applicants can apply for one or more of the following 
projects<https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/sfb1287/projects> according to 
their interest and qualification:

B01:(In)Variability in prosodic cues and their incremental use in 
perception, production, and interaction (Isabell Wartenburger, Outi 
Tuomainen, Sandra Hanne)

B02: The link between production and comprehension. Insights from aphasia 
(Frank Burchert, Nicole Stadie)

B03: Modelling the connection between eye-movement control, sentence 
processing, and brain signals (Shravan Vasishth, Ralf Engbert, Milena 
Rabovsky)

C03: Effects of variable input on word learning and word recognition in 
infants (Barbara Höhle, Adamantios Gafos)

C06: Grammatical processing and syntactic change (Ulrike Demske, Claudia 
Felser)

C07: Limits of variability in phonotactic acquisition due to universal 
biases: A cross-linguistic investigation of monolingual and bilingual 
infants (Natalie Boll-Avetisyan)

C08: Consequences of head-argument order for syntax (Gisbert Fanselow)

T01: Transforming text across media (Manfred Stede, Tatjana Scheffler)

The University of Potsdam has a vibrant and interdisciplinary scientific 
community spanning many disciplines, including leading groups in the field 
of cognitive sciences ( 
http://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cognitive-sciences/index.html). The 
University is located in the city of Potsdam, which is connected to Berlin 
city centre via a quick 30-minute train ride. Potsdam is an attractive 
historical city and its palaces are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Both 
cities are culturally vibrant and offer an unparalleled quality of life, 
as well as affordable cost of living.

The University of Potsdam aims to increase the proportion of women in 
research and teaching and therefore expressly invites qualified female 
candidates to apply. The University of Potsdam values the diversity of its 
members and pursues the goals of equal opportunities regardless of gender, 
nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, 
sexual orientation or identity. In the case of equal suitability, women in 
accordance with Section 7 (4) BbgHG and people with a severe disability 
will be given preferential consideration. We explicitly invite 
applications from abroad and from persons with a migration background.

A detailed description of the available positions and the respective 
requirements can be found here 
http://www.uni-potsdam.de/sfb1287/vacancies.



Dr. Anastasiya Dockhorn-Romanova

Scientific Coordinator (MGK)

The Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1287 ?Limits of Variability in 
Language: Cognitive, Grammatical, and Social Aspects?

University of Potsdam

Room II.14.2.28

Tel. +49-331-9772573
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