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PhD student grant in argumentation and rhetoric, Warsaw (Poland), Deadline: 10 Dec 2021

The Laboratory of The New Ethos (https://newethos.org/) is looking for a
PhD student in the project ?[AMoRe] An Argumentative Model of Rephrase:
Pragmatic and Rhetorical Approach? co-funded by the Polish National Science
Center (NCN; Grant Agreement No. 2020/39/I/HS1/02861) and the Swiss
National Science Foundation (SNSF). AMoRe will run for 48 months and will
be led by a Swiss-Polish team: The New Ethos lab at the Warsaw University
of Technology in Poland (Marcin Koszowy and Katarzyna Budzynska),
University of Fribourg in Switzerland (Steve Oswald and Pascal Gygax), and
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan in Poland (Barbara Konat). The project
will involve collaboration with the AMoRe International Advisory Board of
researchers: Isabela Fairclough (UK), Jean Goodwin (US), Benno Stein (DE),
and Christopher Tindale (CA).

The goal of AMoRe is to elaborate an argumentative model of rephrase, a
discursive phenomenon in which the speaker presents a contribution as
compatible with an original statement, while altering its wording and
meaning for rhetorical gain by increasing the emotional load of the
message, clarifying or summarising the content of the message, or
establishing their own ethos along the dimensions of expertise or
eloquence, for instance. To that end, we will capture illocutionary
intentions of rephrasing in argumentation and their persuasive effects on
the audience (see also https://newethos.org/projects/).

The New Ethos lab is looking for a candidate who has excellent analytical
skills (such as an experience in discourse and argument analysis) along
with the understanding of the basics of relevant disciplines  (such as
argumentation theory, rhetoric, pragmatics, and philosophy of language with
a special focus on speech act theory) and is interested in studying natural
communication.

The PhD project is supervised by Marcin Koszowy (
https://newethos.org/koszowy/) at the Warsaw University of Technology (
https://www.pw.edu.pl/engpw) which is ranked number one among all technical
universities in Poland. The university is located in the lively and modern
center of Warsaw (https://warsawtour.pl).

The PhD stipend is PLN 5,000 per month without tax (approx. EUR 1,090). The
employment will start on *1st January 2022* (or sometime later, if
necessary) and will last for 48 months.

Applications (to be sent to Marcin Koszowy: marcin.koszowy@pw.edu.pl)
should include: (1) a CV with (where applicable) a list of research
expertise, education, employment, awards, grants, stays abroad, attended
lectures, workshops and summer schools, skills, and publications; (2) a
letter of motivation, detailing career plans and relevance of candidate?s
research profile to the aims and scope of the project as described above;
(3) an abstract of the applicant?s master?s thesis; and (4) a proof of
proficiency in English.

The closing date for application is *10th December 2021*.

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Marcin Koszowy
Warsaw University of Technology
*https://newethos.org/koszowy/ <https://newethos.org/koszowy/>*
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