Postdoc
Postdoc Position on the Typology of Postverbal Negation, in a Multi-Method Crosslinguistic Project
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NetherlandsDeadline 8 Nov 2026
In this project you collaborate in a small international team of (psycho)linguists and cognitive scientists on the evolution and processing of negation in language. Together, we investigate the cognitive underpinnings of why most languages prefer to express the negator early rather than late in the utterance. Alongside one of the PIs and another part-time postdoctoral researcher, you will carry out a typological study on languages with and without late negation, with specific attention to languages of Papua, South America, and sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, you will contribute to a multi-met
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