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Friday, September 17, 2021 by Chris Wellekens

6-10 (2021-05-14) Ph D position at Prosody/Language Acquisition, Sign language: University of Lisbon
  
Prosody/Language Acquisition, Sign language: PhD, University of Lisbon
 
Applications are invited for one funded PhD position at the Phonetics and Phonology Lab and the Lisbon Baby Lab of the Center of Linguistics of the University of Lisbon (CLUL). The candidate will develop a project on the Prosody of Portuguese Sign Language/Língua Gestual Portuguesa (LGP). Research on this minority language is remarkably scarce. The work will contribute to the knowledge of the unexplored issues of production, perception and/or acquisition of prosody in LGP. 
 
General scientific area: Linguistics, Psychology
Specific scientific area: Phonology (Prosody), Psycholinguistics, Sign language, Language processing, Language acquisition
 
Applications are invited from candidates holding a Master degree (MA) in Linguistics, Psychology or related areas
 
The work will be conducted at the Phonetics and Phonology Lab and Lisbon Baby Lab (PhonLab/LBL), under the supervison and/or co-supervision of Marina Vigário, Sónia Frota and/or Marisa Cruz. PhonLab/LBL is a leading group for research on prosody and the acquisition of prosody, with a strong interest in multimodal prosody and sign language, working with a network of partners on visual prosody, gestures and sign language. The research will take advantage of the resources, facilities and human assets available at the Lab. One of two possible PhD programs from the University of Lisbon can be chosen: PhD in Linguistics (School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon) and PhD in Cognitive Sciences (University of Lisbon). 

The successful candidate is expected to start in the beginning of July 2021. 

Application deadline: 11th June 2021
 
 
 

 

Sónia Frota
Professora catedrática | Professor
Coordenadora Científica - CLUL | Scientific Coordinator - CLUL
Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa | Center of Linguistics of the University of Lisbon (CLUL)
 
 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sonia_Frota2 
 


Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa | School of Arts and Humanities
Alameda da Universidade 1600-214 Lisboa PORTUGAL
Telefone: 217 920 000 | www.letras.ulisboa.pt 

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