12 Dottorato con borsa (Lavoro all'estero)

Inviato da Tübingen, martedì, gennaio 08, 2013, 12:23 (4336 giorni fa)

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen offers up to 12 doctoral student positions for two years (with the possibility of one additional year).

The RTG and funding will start October 1, 2013. Salary in accordance with the DFG rates of TV-L E13, 65%.

Participating Disciplines:

English Literary Studies, English Linguistics, German Literary Studies, German Linguistics (Psycholinguistics), Legal Studies, Classical Philology, Media Studies, Psychology, General Rhetoric, Romance Linguistics, Protestant Theology (New Testament).

Doctoral students will enjoy excellent conditions in an interdisciplinary environment and will participate in a systematically structured curriculum, comprising project-oriented guidance in small teams as well as activities of the entire Research Training Group, including a practice-based programme. A visiting researcher programme will enhance international cooperation and exchange.

Summary

Ambiguity, defined as an expression or utterance that has two or more meanings, is a characteristic feature of language and communication. It is as relevant to the most ordinary situ­a­tions of everyday life as it is to the most complex text productions. Accordingly, ambiguity has been a central topic of investigation in linguistics and in other disciplines concerned with the interpretation of language. These different approaches, however, have never been syste­matically brought to­gether. In order to understand why communication may be successful in spite of or even be­cause of ambiguity, why ambiguity may also cause its failure and what effects it has, the isolated approaches will have to be overcome.

It is the aim of the proposed Research Training Group (RTG) to show that by a col­laborative approach of language-oriented disciplines new insights may be gained into the production and perception of ambiguity, i.e. when it comes into being and when it is resolved. The pursuit of this aim is based on the conviction that ambiguity is an excellent paradigm for developing new ways of col­laboration between the various language-oriented disciplines.

The research programme links investigations into the language system as a field of linguistic research with investigations into the areas of discourse focused upon by the other discipli­nes. This will lead to innovative approaches: From a linguistic perspective, the challenge will be to represent (strategic) ambiguity in a broad range of texts, and from the perspective of the other disciplines, it will mean taking into account the role of grammatical structures for the interpretation of ambiguity. The programme rests on the assumption that both the production and the perception of ambiguity, as well as its strategic and non-strategic occurrence, can only be understood by exploring how these factors interact when ambiguity is generated and resolved. This may concern the speaker-hearer-interaction as well as long-term develop­ments such as the strategic reinterpretation of canonical texts.

Members of the research training group will be required to take their residence in Tübingen.

The following criteria are crucial for consideration in the application process:

completion of first degree in one of the above disciplines on or ahead of schedule and with excellent results
a concise written proposal for a dissertation project that takes into account the overall topic of the RTG and, if appropriate, refers to one of the exemplary topics as given here. How can the proposed dissertation project be related to the production and perception of ambiguity> Interdisciplinary approaches are welcome. If you have any questions concerning the subject, please contact the speaker of the RTG, Professor Matthias Bauer, m.bauer@uni-tuebingen.de
a letter of recommendation by a university professor and, if necessary, two further statements by university professors on the applicant and his or her academic achievement
a convincing and persuasive presentation of the proposed project and the applicant’s motivation in the interview session
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