# Doctoral Position in Linguistics

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**Reference No.: 2026/015. The start date is 1st April 2026 or soon thereafter. The position is available until the end of 2029**.

The University of Konstanz is a dynamic and internationally successful research university with approximately 10,000 students. The campus university’s architecture promotes interdisciplinary cooperation and a sense of community among researchers, lecturers and students. The University of Konstanz has been continuously funded by the German Excellence Strategy since 2006.

The newly granted **SFB 1760** investigates the role of silence and noise in our capacity for perceiving, learning and producing linguistic signals. The first phase will run from April 2026 to December 2029 and encompasses a wide variety of theoretical, experimental, computational and empirical research within linguistics, in collaboration with projects from computer science, computational social science, media studies and sociology. For more details see [https://www.ling.uni-konstanz.de/sfb1760/](https://www.ling.uni-konstanz.de/sfb1760/)

This doctoral position will work within the SFB 1760 in project A03 on *Pronominal Realization in Indo-Aryan*. We are looking for someone with interest and expertise in Indo-Aryan languages, with Bangla, Nepali, Punjabi, Sindhi, and Urud/Hindi being of particular interest for the project. The project work will involve research on these languages with respect to the various forms of pronominal realization (simple, null, doubling, incorporation) and will involve looking at word order, ellipsis and prosodic properties as well. The candidate should be prepared to conduct primary fieldwork on the languages and engage in morphosyntactic analysis. The theoretical framework assumed is LFG (Lexical Functional Grammar).

## Your Responsibilities

- Working towards a PhD
- Contributing to the SFB by attending regular meetings and conducting research on SFB topics
- Presenting research at national and international conferences
- Interacting with other doctoral researchers and members of the SFB
- Helping with the organization of SFB and project events
- Contributing towards the research group

## Your Competencies

- MA in linguistics or a related field
- Competence in formal linguistics
- Previous work on South Asian Languages
- Previous work in the area of morphosyntax
- Previous experience with LFG is desirable

## We Offer

- The opportunity to do a PhD within the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Silence, Noise and Signal in Language’
- An open, motivated research team and interdisciplinary research environment
- Career development opportunities
- Collaboration with researchers at doctoral, postdoctoral and professorial levels
- Research support by student assistants
- Excellent career and equal opportunity coaching

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Questions can be directed to Prof. Dr. Miriam Butt via e-mail: [miriam.butt@uni-konstanz.de].

We look forward to receiving your application by **March 1st 2026** via our [Online Application Portal](https://stellen.uni-konstanz.de/en/jobposting/99f79340742e3bdebc49727464b7a83e37635f6b0/apply).

Applications should contain: i) a short motivation letter, ii) an academic CV, iii) copies of all previous degrees, including detailed transcripts of records, iv) the names and email addresses of two academic referees (one from the supervisor of the BA/MA/MSc thesis or equivalent). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

The University of Konstanz is committed to ensuring an environment that provides equal opportunities and promotes diversity, as well as a good balance between university and family life. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to increase the number of women working in research and teaching. We also support working couples through our [dual career programme](https://www.uni-konstanz.de/en/equalopportunities/family/dual-career/). Persons with disabilities are explicitly encouraged to apply. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified (contact [sbv@uni-konstanz.de], + 49 7531 88-4016).