- A high-quality Research Master's degree (to be obtained ultimately by January 1, 2024) in a relevant field (e.g., psycholinguistics, experimental psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, (computational) linguistics, multimodal linguistics (e.g., gesture), pragmatics, computer science, data science).
- Linguistic-conceptual knowledge of one or more target languages (i.e., languages that differ in their reference systems), which will be selected in consultation with the applicant. Native or active proficiency in the project's target language(s) is considered a plus.
- Experience with corpus linguistics or psycholinguistics or multimodal communication is desirable.
- An excellent command of written and spoken English.
- Affinity with programming (such as in Python, Presentation, R) and/or experience with corpus-linguistic methods and tools for data coding and analysis (such as ELAN, Praat, Red Hen Rapid Annotator) and/or an interest in AR/VR technologies and/or experience with collecting and analyzing eye tracking data is preferred.
- Willingness to work in an interdisciplinary project.
- Willingness to learn corpus linguistic and/or psycholinguistic measures.
- Full-time position (39 hours per week) to start not before 1 November 2023 and not after 1 April 2024.
- Starting gross salary is € 2,721.84 per month.
- 30 holidays per year, based on a full-time employment. In addition, we honor the Dutch and German public holidays.
- The institute provides research facilities, technical support, as well as a conference and travel budget. PhD students participate in the International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences, which involves core and individually chosen coursework to complement the PhD research and training in soft skills such as writing and presentation. The PhD students receive appropriate training, personal supervision, and guidance for their research, which will provide an excellent start to an academic career. All research staff have access to state-of-the art research facilities, including High-Performance-Computing systems, state of the art Vicon Motion Capture Lab (to be installed end 2023) and VR labs, training facilities and a generous conference and travel budget.
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PhD position in the Multimodal Language Department - Nijmegen, Nederland - Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Beschrijving
Job description
Reference is one of the most basic functions of language and therefore, all languages in the world have reference systems that allow conversational partners to coordinate on an intended referent. Demonstratives, for example words like 'this' and 'that' in English, are a universal reference system that is used together with pointing to orient the addressee's attention towards an element in the speech situation. Because of their fundamental function to establish joint attention, demonstratives are linked to human social cognition. Definite articles and pronouns, on the other hand, are used to signal referents that are familiar to the addressee (e.g., 'We finally bought the house, but it was really expensive'). Therefore, these reference systems also rely on social cognition. This research project will investigate referential communication from a cross-linguistic perspective, adopting an integrated production and comprehension perspective and a multimodal approach that integrates speech, gesture and attention to understand which aspects of social cognition they tap into an whether and how this varies cross-linguistically.
The main questions to be addressed in the project are i) how do speakers of different languages integrate the use of reference systems and pointing gestures when referring to objects in different locations, ii) how do speakers of different languages monitor joint attention when producing/interpreting referential expressions. While the project does not aim to study any specific language, it will investigate potential cross-linguistic differences. For example, both Portuguese and Turkish have a 3-way demonstrative system that distinguishes proximal, medial and distal forms, but the Turkish medial demonstrative 'şu' is often used together with pointing to redirect the listener's attention to the correct referent – unlike the medial form in Portuguese.
The above questions will be investigated using different methodologies. A corpus of naturalistic dialogue interactions will be compiled as a basis for analyzing the use of reference systems in speech as well as concurrent gestural and eye gaze behavior, for instance via kinematic and mobile eye-tracking data. This corpus will also serve as a basis for development of targeted AR and VR studies that experimentally test specific theoretical claims in mobile setups that combine experimental control with ecological validity.
The project will be led by an interdisciplinary team including Prof. Asli Özyürek
), an expert in human cross-linguistic multimodal language use and processing at the Multimodal Language Department of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and Dr. Paula Rubio-Fernández )an expert in experimental cross-linguistic pragmatics and social cognition, and Dr. David Peeters
), an expert in the study of multimodal communication using experimental methods, including virtual reality.
If you have questions about the position that you wish to discuss before you apply, please email the Department Director Prof. Asli Özyürek at asli.ozyurek [at]
Requirements
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