PhD candidate (Anthropological Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics)

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• Collecting audio-visual linguistic and cultural data through ethnographic fieldwork;
• Transcribing, annotating and analysing naturalistic data;
• Creating stimuli for the investigation of spatial and temporal domains.
• Presenting research results at international conferences and workshops;
• Publishing research results and write a PhD-thesis within the period of appointment;
• Contributing to the development of the Omo Valley Space-Time Database and other collaborative outputs.
• Teaching or assisting in teaching activities at bachelor or master level.
• A completed Master’s degree in linguistics or adjacent disciplines such as anthropology of language.
• Demonstrated interest in language documentation, field linguistics, semantics, linguistic anthropology, or cognitive linguistics
• Excellent research and fieldwork skills demonstrated by your Master’s thesis;
• Good command of English;
• Working knowledge of Amharic or other Ethiopian languages is an advantage;
• A strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research.
• A motivation letter;
• A detailed curriculum vitae;
• A (link to a) pdf of your MA thesis and a pdf of an article or a term paper that you wrote;
• A list of all Master-level modules you have taken, with an official transcript of grades;
• Names, positions and contact information of two referees (no reference letters).