REFLECTIONS talk: Ian Roberts

The online talk series REFLECTIONS: Foundations and Developments of Generative Grammar will continue with a talk by Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge):

Date: 5 April 2025, 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC)

Topic: Against Input Generalisation: Evaluation Metrics in Generative Grammar

How to attend:

• Zoom
• Live stream on YouTube

Zoom Information (a new link) will be sent out the day before the talk to those registered on the REFLECTIONS website. Registration is free to all. Please spread the word! If you are receiving this email from Reflections, it means you are already registered for the talk, in which case please do NOT register again.

What is the REFLECTIONS online talk series?

Syntactic theory in the generative framework has been developing for the past 70 years. It is time to write the history of our field, reflecting on its foundations as they bear on the current work, and to discuss outstanding questions which may reveal avenues for future research. To facilitate this, we created an online talk series, where long-standing scholars reflect on their early work from a current perspective, tracing the development of the theory over time. We invite you to participate with us in this exciting process!

REFLECTIONS talks have a 2-hour slot, with a talk lasting around one hour, followed by questions and discussion. Early-career linguists have priority for questions. Partial attendance is, of course, encouraged as well.