PhD position at Université Paris Diderot

PhD position at Université Paris Diderot: Verbal ellipsis in Portuguese and English

The Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7) is offering a fully funded three year PhD grant in linguistics on the topic of "Post-verbal ellipsis in Portuguese and English". Research is to be conducted at Paris Diderot, under the joint supervision of Philip Miller (Université Paris Diderot, Paris 7) and Sonia Cyrino (Unicamp, Universidade estadual de Campinas). The position is expected to open in January 2014, subject to final confirmation of funding, with a salary of at least 1400 euros per month. A detailed description of the project is included at the end of the document.

Qualifications
Candidates must have excellent command of Portuguese (Brazilian or European) and English. They must hold a master's degree in linguistics (or in a related field), and have research experience in one or more of the following specialties: syntax and semantics of Portuguese, syntax and semantics of English, ellipsis and anaphora, discourse pragmatics, corpus linguistics, psycholinguistics.

Application
Candidates should send a CV, a .pdf copy of their Master's thesis, a statement of interest, and the names of three references (with their contact information) to Philip Miller (philip.miller@univ-paris-diderot.fr) and Sonia Cyrino (cyrino@iel.unicamp.br) by October 27 2013.