The Autogramm research project https://autogramm.github.io/ is excited to announce an open position for a postdoctoral researcher in the field of Quantitative Linguistic Typology. This one-year contract comes with the potential for an additional year upon review.
Funded by the ANR (the French National Research Agency), Autogramm focuses on exploring the power of dependency-annotated treebanks to elucidate the structures of under-represented and typologically diverse languages. Our project also explores the extraction of typological generalizations from treebanks using token-based (Levshina 2019) or typometric (Gerdes, Kahane, and Chen 2021) approaches.
The appointed postdoctoral researcher will be affiliated with the Lacito Laboratory (Paris/Villejuif) and Lisn Laboratory (Université Paris-Saclay). The researcher will have the opportunity to develop a research project revolving around the creation of a typological database. This database will integrate data from treebanks (based on the Universal Dependency project) and Interlinear Glossed Text (IGT) of various languages. Our aim is to capture the full spectrum of linguistic diversity and generate nuanced, quantitative typological generalizations based on annotated structures, which could eventually lead to automated comparative grammars.
Ideal candidates will possess a strong background in language typology and linguistic theory, along with a proven track record in corpus creation and quantitative corpus analysis.
The postdoctoral position is set to commence between October 2023 and, at the latest, January 1st 2024 and will continue for two years. To apply, please compile your application into a single PDF file and email it at your earliest convenience to Sylvain Kahane (sylvain@kahane.fr) Kim Gerdes (gerdes@lisn.fr) and Sylvain Loiseau (sylvain.loiseau@univ-paris13.fr). We look forward to receiving your applications.
----- Sylvain Loiseau sylvain.loiseau@univ-paris13.fr
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