Applications are invited for a 4-year half-time Ph.D. position in the field ofvisual word recognition and/or reading acquisition at the German Department atGhent University (salary 28.400 Euro per year).
The successful candidate will work in the project "Interactions of phonology andorthography in German visual word recognition" funded by the Flemish FWO. In this project, we are investigating the interaction of phonology and orthographyin beginning readers of German and how this interaction develops over time asreading proficiency grows. The relevant data will be collected in Germany(Cologne, Bonn, and Bielefeld).The successful candidate will plan and conduct psycholinguistic experiments(reaction-time, eye-tracking) and analyse data. S/he will write a Ph.D. thesison a topic related to this research at Ghent University.
Profile of the candidate:
- Master's or equivalent degree in linguistics (i.e. e.g. General Linguistics,German Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, or Clinical Linguistics),
- Background in experimental psycholinguistics and statistical data analysis,
- Good knowledge in at least one of the following areas: phonology, readingacquisition, visual word recognition,
- Good command of English and German.
The grant starts during spring 2009. Application letters including a shortstatement of interest, a full CV, a copy of the required diploma, and the namesof two academic referees should be sent by 5 February 2009.
More information can be obtained by e-mail from Prof. Dr. Martina Penke.
Application Deadline: 05-Feb-2009
Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Prof. Martina Penke
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Vakgroep Duits
Blandijnberg 2
Gent 9000
Belgium
Contact Information:Prof. Martina PenkeMartina.Penke@UGent.be
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