PhD candidate (Anthropological Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics)

Vacancy number: 16732

Job type: PhD positions

Contract hours min: 38

Contract hours max: 38

Location: Leiden

Applying is possible up to and including: 15 september 2026

Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics has a vacancy for a

PhD candidate (Anthropological Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics) 

Vacancy number: 16732

Deadline: September 15th , 2026 

Description:

Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position within the NWO Vidi project Grammars of Space and Time: Language, Culture and Cognition in Ethiopias Omo Valley []. The project investigates how language, culture, and environment shape the conceptualization of space and time across diverse communities in southwestern Ethiopia. The project addresses these themes through a comparative investigation of languages...

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