Linguist Job

Support: Linguistic Theories, Morphology, Syntax, Typology: PhD Position in the Project "The Clash of Negation and Imperatives", Leipzig University: The DFG Research Unit ‘Cyclic Optimization’, starting its second phase on March 1 2026 with 13 new research positions, explores the interaction of cyclicity and optimization in all areas of grammar: phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The two PhD positions announced here are part of the subproject ‘The Clash of Negation and Imperatives through the Lense of Cyclic Optimization’ (PI: Paula Fenger). The subproject investigates the morphosyntactic variation across imperatives and prohibit