Forwarded from the Historical Sociolinguistics Network (thanks to those who passed it on!). The title of this project maybe doesn't immediately call out to variationists, but actually it might be interesting to anyone who works quantitatively on social networks, and/or anyone interested in theories of grammatical variation and change.
NB the deadline is soon.
Damien
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Damien Hall
Newcastle University (UK)
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Topics of the day:
1. [Histling-l] Postdoc position (Early Mod. English sociolinguistics -
social networks)
Mind-Bending Grammars: The dynamics of correlated multiple grammatical changes in Early Modern English writers is a project aimed at combining research on grammatical change with research on the individual mind, asking the following fundamental questions: (i) How much linguistic innovation is possible and attested in adult syntactic constructions? Where does change halt only to be continued by a next generation? (ii) Are changes in adult cognition one-off events or are they connected? How do social networks and cognitive networks interact to shape these connections? The project received a €1.2 million grant from the ERC. The launch date is 1 September this year. More information may be found at https://www.uantwerpen.be/mind-bending-grammars/ <https://www.uantwerpen.be/mind-bending-grammars/>
I am still looking for candidates for a postdoc position in historical sociolinguistics (England, 17th-18th centuries), who will be in charge of the sociolinguistic dimension of the project. Important responsibilities include:
- charting the mutual connections of these authors in a social network/one or more communities of practice;
- developing quantitative methods for measuring node strengths in such networks on the basis of written output other than letters;
- analyzing two case studies of syntactic change;
- selection of informants from a pool of prolific authors on the basis of a number of eligibility criteria.
Moreover, team-members are expected to be involved in all aspects of the research project to a certain extent. The extended application deadline is 3 June. The position is for 3 years, and the gross salary level is €3.896–€6.074 monthly.
Application website with detailed job description: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vacancies/ap/2015bapflwex128/ <https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vacancies/ap/2015bapflwex128/>.
In summer, two more positions for PhD-students (a four-year grant each) will be advertised. They will start 1 March 2016.
I write to you, the histling community, hoping that you could help me spread the word by informing potential candidates about this opening.
With kind regards,
Peter Petré
Assistent Professor
University of Antwerp / Université de Lille
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