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• JOB - Netherlands - Leiden University via AcademicTransfer - Posted on: 2 October 2026 Postdoctoral researcher, Computational linguistics, morphology and constructicography of Dutch

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2 Oct 2026

Leiden University Research Field

Language sciences » Linguistics Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2) Application Deadline

1 Nov 2026 - 22:59 (UTC) Country

Netherlands Type of Contract

Temporary Job Status

Not Applicable Hours Per Week

38.0 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics

Postdoctoral researcher, Computational linguistics, morphology and constructicography of Dutch

Starting date: January 2027 (a later starting date can be negotiated)

Deadline : November 1, 2026

Description

Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) invites applications for a Postdoc position within the NWO project 'The Morphicon: A new gateway to morphological knowledge'.

The postdoctoral researcher will work in a small team to build a morphological constructiconfor Dutch , and to use it to advance our understanding of productivityin word-formation .

Constructicons are digital networks of grammatical constructions in a language. Such resources are being built for a variety of major languages, but not yet for Dutch. Moreover, existing constructicons all focus on syntactic constructions, neglecting morphology. The aim of this project is to develop the first morphological constructicon or "Morphicon" with Dutch as the target language. The resource will be developed by a team of three researchers-the PI, the Postdoc and a Ph-inD collaboration with the Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal.

The postdoctoral researcher will participate in the team effort, but will also have their ...