EXTRA SIL talk: Susi Wurmbrand

On the 30th of November we will welcome Susi Wurmbrand, from the University of Vienna, who will give an EXTRA SIL talk. Please notice that the event won’t take place at the usual SIL time.

Title: Does semantics determine syntax? Synthesis vs. Cartography

Abstract: In this talk, I compare the cartographic model of structure building to the synthesis model in Wurmbrand & Lohninger 2023, according to which syntax computes structure relatively freely, there is very limited selection, but the output must be usable at the interfaces. I suggest that the synthesis approach is motivated by various clause structure and complementation properties (such as optionality, free ordering, meaning alternations).