postdoc position in quantitative syntax and corpus linguistics M/F.

6 Apr 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

CNRS

Department

Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie

Research Field

Physics

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

France

Application Deadline

26 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

1 Oct 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

As part of the ANR project PULCO (Prédire les Usages des LoCuteurs en français Oral), the CLLE laboratory is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in quantitative syntax and corpus linguistics

Scientific background
One of the aims of current work in quantitative and experimental syntax is to identify factors with predictive power on speakers' choices when faced with syntactic alternations, i.e. cases where the speaker has a choice between two or more syntactic structures to express equivalent meanings.
The main goal of the PULCO project is to describe and model the syntactic choices made by French speakers, by determining the role and weight of linguistic and functional factors. To achieve this, the project is based on the comparison of quantitative results obtained from oral corpus data and experimental results obtained from controlled protocols. The project also includes a study of regional variations in syntax, comparing the effect of relevant factors on different varieties of French (Parisian French, Southwestern French, Swiss French, Belgian French).

Mission:
Work package 2 of the project, entitled "Quantitative corpus approach and predictive models", focuses on the use of data from oral corpora, in particular the Corpus d'Etude pour le Français Contemporain, to propose models capable of predicting specific syntactic uses. The postdoc will carry out his or her research within the framework of this work package.

Position activities:
- The postdoc will develop a research project in quantitative linguistics and corpus linguistics, in line with the objectives of the project.
- The postdoc's work will involve gaining a better understanding of what guides speakers' syntactic choices in oral French, by exploiting data from oral corpora, in particular the Corpus d'Etude pour le Français Contemporain.
- One of the aims of the postdoc's work will be to model French syntactic alternations using quantitative methods.
- The postdoc is also expected to participate in Work Package 4 (“Syntactic variations in French varieties”), by documenting and modeling syntactic variations between French varieties.

The CLLE laboratory (Cognition, Languages, Language, Ergonomics) is a CNRS UMR created in January 2007 and mainly hosted on the Toulouse Jean Jaurès University site. It is a multidisciplinary research unit relating to Cognitive Sciences: the work carried out there covers the fields, more or less broad in scope, of linguistics, psychology, computer science, philosophy, education and neuroscience. The laboratory, made up of 205 members, is structured into 3 teams each composed of an average of 25 Teachers-Researchers and Researchers:
• “Languages and language” team, working more particularly on themes relating to linguistics;
• “Language and cognitive processes” team, focused on the interdisciplinarity between language and psychology;
• “Cognition in complex situations” team, working more particularly on themes of social and cognitive psychology.
The laboratory is also developing transversal research axes between these teams.
It also welcomes many doctoral and post-doctoral students.
CLLE is a CNRS UMR with the CCU experimental platform.

Requirements

Research Field

Physics

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Languages

FRENCH

Level

Basic

Research Field

Physics

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

Profile required
- PhD in linguistics or related field
Skills :
- Solid background in linguistics
- In-depth knowledge of quantitative approaches and statistical modeling in linguistics
- Expertise in automatic corpus data processing
- Experience in linguistic annotation of language data
- International publications
- Ability to work as part of a team, within a collective project
- Autonomy, rigor and creativity
- Very good English skills: ability to present work in English, both written and spoken
- Good level of French, particularly in oral comprehension
- The following skills would be a plus :
• Knowledge of syntax, quantitative or experimental syntax
• Knowledge of oral data processing

Website for additional job details

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR5263-ANNCAM-063/Default.aspx

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie

Country

France

City

TOULOUSE

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Candidat/Offre/UMR5263-ANNCAM-063/Candidater.aspx

Contact

City

TOULOUSE

Website

http://clle.univ-tlse2.fr

STATUS: EXPIRED