This position has been posted at: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794886/FB10___Neuere_Philologien
At the Institute of English and American Studies, Department of Modern Philologies, at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, the position of a
Research associate
(pay scale E 13 TV-G-U, 65% part-time)
is to be filled on 01.07.2025 within the project “B05: Negative polarity items in non-negative contexts.“ The project is part of the CRC 1629 “Negation in Language and Beyond (NegLaB).“ The position will be non-permanent until 31.12.2027. The salary grade is based on the job characteristics of the collective agreement applicable to Goethe University (TV-G-U).
The responsibilities of the position include collaboration and scientific services in research within the project B05. The project explores the occurrence of Negative Polarity Items in non-negative contexts in German, Romanian, and English Specifically, the following tasks are expected of the position holder: Corpus linguistic analysis and processing of project data, design of a research database, collaboration in the development of new methods for data extraction from corpora, Corpus-linguistic analysis and preparation of project data in the form of a research database; participation in the development of new methods for data extraction from corpora. Acquistion, annotation, and analysis of corpus data; formal semantic modelling within a constraint-based grammar framework; presentation and publication of project results. The opportunity for academic qualification (PhD) and independent research will be provided.
Requirements:
- completed academic university degree (Master) in linguistics or a relevant field with a (potentially computational) linguistic focus
- very good language skills in English (C1) and German
- proficiency in common software (including Python and LaTeX)
- ability to work independently, teamwork, and communication skills
- demonstrable interest in the following areas: formal semantics and pragmatics, formal grammar, corpus linguistics (including quantitative methods)
- interest in working with databases (MariaDB), Large Language Models, and XML
- knowledge of statistics and constraint-based grammar frameworks is advantageous
Please submit your application with the usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, and relevant certificates in original and, if necessary, certified translations into German or English) electronically in one single PDF document by 01.05.2025, to Frank Richter, Email: f.richter@em.uni-frankfurt.de.