Dear colleagues,
You will find below and as an attached file to this message a
post-doc position to be filled for 12 months from October, 1st, 2009
in Montpellier (France).
Thanks to disseminate in your institutions.
Best regards,
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Post-Doctoral Position –
National Center for Scientific Research (France)
Title:
Perceptual treatment of
linguistic distance: an fMRI study in standard vs. colloquial Arabic
Affiliation:
The applicant will be
affiliated to PRAXILING Lab. (UMR CNRS 5267) at Montpellier (France).
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging experiments will be conducted at
the fMRI Center of Marseille (France). The applicant will team up with the
researchers working in the frame of a larger project dealing with the
evaluation of linguistic distance at different levels, supported by the French National Center
for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the University of Montpellier (France).
Scientific advisers:
(i) Dr. Melissa BARKAT-DEFRADAS
Arabic Linguistics, Lab. PRAXILING UMR 5267 CNRS /
Université de Montpellier (France)
(ii) Dr. Cheryl FRENCK-MESTRE
Experimental
Psycholinguistics, Lab. LANGAGE ET PAROLE UMR 6057 CNRS / Université de Provence
(France)
(iii) Dr. Jean-Luc ANTON
Neuroimagery, IFR 131 « SCIENCES DU CERVEAU ET DE LA COGNITION
» CHU La Timone, Marseille
(France)
Description of the study:
Arabic is a diglossic language,
in which two varieties coexist; ‘high’ and ‘low’. The ‘high’ variety refers to
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), which is used mainly in formal settings. The
‘low’ variety refers to the different spoken dialects; these differ widely
between Arab countries and communities, along geographical, religious and
socio-economic lines. Linguistic differences between Colloquial Arabic (CA) and
MSA are manifest in all language domains, including phonological,
morphological, syntactic and semantic. Nevertheless, there remains a question
as to whether MSA and varieties of CA are more appropriately regarded as
distinct languages and/or dialects or as different registers of one language.
This project aims at delineating the nature of the underlying distinction
between MSA and CA by examining neural responses to a highly constrained perceptual
situation.
Applicant’s activity
The job is to be filled for 12
months (starting October, 1st, 2009). The applicant will mainly be responsible for
(i) collaboration on the fMRI experimental design; (ii) fMRI data acquisition
and, (iii) fMRI data analysis.
The projected end result of the
study is dissemination in scientific meetings as well as a co-authored
scientific paper published in a referenced journal (i.e. category A in the ERIH
Linguistics and/or Psychology List).
Required skills
- PhD in Neurosciences or
Cognitive Sciences (a special interest for language processing is a plus)
- Good knowledge of fMRI
technique
- Complete mastery of SPM or
BrainVisa softwares (or equivalents)
Gross salary: 24.000 annual
Applications (CV +
cover letter) should be sent before June, 30th, 2009 to:
For any further information,
please contact:
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- Linguistic
dimension : Dr. Melissa Barkat-Defradas
Laboratoire Praxiling
UMR 5267 17 rue abbé de l’Epée
34090 MONTPELLIER
(France) Tel : 04 67 14 58 63
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- Neuroimagery
dimension : Jean-Luc Anton Centre IRM
Fonctionnelle - IFR 131 Sous-Sol IGH / CHU La
Timone 264 rue Saint-Pierre
– 13385 MARSEILLE (France) Tel : 04 91 38 47 56 / [log in to unmask] |