PhD candidate, Dutch morphology and constructicography

This PhD position at Leiden University focuses on building a morphological constructicon for Dutch and using it to research the interplay between regularity and idiosyncrasy in word formation. Key responsibilities include extracting and encoding word-formation patterns, annotating words, and evaluating digital tools for data management. Applicants need a Master's in linguistics, strong Dutch and English proficiency, and excellent analytical skills, with computational linguistics experience being a plus.

• Investigating Dutch morphological constructions quantitatively and qualitatively
• Presenting (joint) research results at workshops and conferences
• Participating in (the organisation of) knowledge dissemination activities
• Participating in meetings and training sessions of the project research group.
• Publishing (joint) research results and writing a PhD-thesis within the period of appointment
• Publishing (joint) research results and writing a PhD-thesis
• within the period of appointment
• (Assisting in) teaching activities at bachelor level
• Extracting word-formation patterns from the existing descriptive literature and encoding them in systematic constructional schemas
• Matching complex words to the appropriate schemas and subschemas and annotating them in such a way that the inventory of constructions can be transformed into a network
• Assisting in finding, testing and evaluating digital tools, including LLMs, to aid classification, annotation and network building

• Excellent research and analytical skills
• A Master’s degree in linguistics, completed before the start date
• Demonstrable interest in grammar, especially morphology, from a descriptive and/or theoretical perspective
• Native or near-native proficiency of Dutch and a good command of academic English
• Experience in computational linguistics and/or affinity with the framework of Construction Grammar is a plus.
• Experience in computational linguistics and/or
• affinity with the framework of Construction Grammar is a plus.