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PhD research position<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/header>\n
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Applications are invited for a full-time 4-year PhD research position<\/strong> (pre-doctoral grant for Formation of Researchers of the Spanish Government – Ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formaci\u00f3n de doctores \u2013 FPI<\/em>) in The Bilingual Mind<\/strong><\/a> group<\/strong> in the Dept. of Linguistics and Basque Studies at the University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz.<\/p>\n
The successful applicant will work on a new research project titled Cross-linguistic activation effects in bilingual language processing and learning<\/em> led by Dr. Kepa Erdozia<\/a> and Dr. Mikel Santesteban<\/a> (Official title in Spanish: La activaci\u00f3n interling\u00fc\u00edstica en el cambio de lengua y el aprendizaje de segundas lenguas<\/em>; Acronym: CROSS-LING; Code: PGC2018-097970-B-I00<\/em>), founded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (Spanish Government).<\/p>\n
Location<\/strong>: Vitoria-Gasteiz<\/a> (Spain)
\nUniversity<\/strong>: The University of the Basque Country<\/a> (UPV\/EHU)
\nStarting time<\/strong>: Beginning of 2020
\nSalary and conditions<\/strong>: 17.185\u20ac per year (gross salary, around 1200\u20ac per month)
\n……………………………………<\/span>+ payment of the PhD program tuition fees
\n……………………………………<\/span>+ additional financial support for research-related stays abroad (up to 6,250\u20ac)
\nDeadline<\/strong>: On 7th November 2019, 2pm (Spanish time, UTC+2)<\/p>\n
Project<\/strong>
\nThis project aims to study important aspects related to bilingual language learning and processing. Although previous research shows that bilinguals are highly efficient at managing the activation of their two languages, it is well documented that cross-linguistic activation affects bilingual speakers\u2019 L2 learning and processing. However, it is still not well understood the extent to which this cross-linguistic activation affects the different processes involved in language use. Thus, part of this project will investigate effects of L1 influence on L2 processing and L2 rule-learning, and another part will investigate the way cross-linguistic activation modulates language control and language selection mechanisms of bilingual speakers and thus affects their decision to switch between languages. We will also investigate whether the costs of processing code-switched sentences affect bilingual speakers\u2019 sentence comprehension. The successful applicant will develop a research project related to these topics and will be able to investigate these issues making use of different experimental paradigms and techniques.<\/p>\n
General selection criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n