Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7, laboratoire CLILLAC-ARP (EA 3967) invites
applications for a full-time two-year postdoctoral position within the ANR-DFG funded
project 'Paths to Phonological Complexity: Onset clusters in speech production,
perception, and disorders'. The project is a cross-linguistic study into the nature of
preferred patterns in speech production, their perception and their manifestation in
disordered speech. A particular focus is on how prosodic differences between languages
may interact with motor learning, and the emergence and plasticity of phonotactic
patterns. The project is conducted in close collaboration with the German partner team.
(German PI: Dr. Marianne Pouplier, LMU, Munich; French PI: Ioana Chitoran, Paris Diderot,
Paris).
The salary is set according to the French pay scale for postdoctoral researchers: 90,172
euros for two years.
Responsibilities:
- designing and implementing speech perception experiments
- statistical analysis
- preparing journal publications
- international conference presentations
- coordination of the German-French collaboration
Requirements:
- completed PhD in Phonetics, Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, or a related field
- track record of published research commensurate with experience
- solid knowledge of experimental phonetics, primarily speech perception. The perception
experiments in this project are closely integrated with articulatory (EMA) production
studies. For this reason, the ideal candidate should have a strong interest in studying
how articulation and perception interact. Some experience with articulatory data is a
plus.
- solid knowledge of statistical analysis
- strong interest in the phonetics-phonology interface
- good programming skills
- very good oral and written knowledge of English. A working knowledge of French is a
plus.

Université Paris Diderot is an equal opportunity employer.
Please email your complete application as a single pdf, including one publication and the
contact information of two referees to ioana.chitoran@univ-paris-diderot.fr
Application deadline: 1 March 2015
For further information contact
Dr. Ioana Chitoran
ioana.chitoran@univ-paris-diderot.fr