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RoLinC: Natalia Jardón & Teresa Espinal

Speakers: Natalia Jardón & Teresa Espinal ((Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Title: A second person clitic without an addressee: Galician che as the expression of the judge Date/time: 23 June, 2-3pm Link: please contact the organizers

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RoLinC: Anna Cardinaletti

Speaker: Anna Cardinaletti (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice) Title: Variation, optionality, and bilectalism in Italo-Romance Date/Time: 16 June, 2-3pm Link: please contact the organizers

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RoLinC: Paulo Ângelo Araújo-Adriano

Speaker: Paulo Ângelo Araújo-Adriano (FFLCH/USP) Title: On Variation in Phasehood: Evidence from Brazilian Portuguese and English Date/time: 19 May, 2-3pm Link: Please contact the organizers

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5th HLS braistorming meeting: Who is a heritage speaker?

The 5th Heritage Language Syntax Brainstorming meeting will take place on the 18th of May, 4-5:30 pm CEST. This will be a special edition of our HLS brainstorming meetings, as it will feature a round table of “keynote” speakers discussing: Who can be categorized as a heritage speaker? Do we need a separate label for HS…

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Syntax Lab: Nerea Madariaga

Speaker: Nerea Madariaga (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU) Title: Exploring the relation between person features and null subjects in generative typology Time: 4.30-6.30pm Place: English Faculty, G-R05 and online (here) Abstract: This study investigates the loci and ways of realization of those features linked to the pro-drop phenomenon, that is, the ability of languages to…

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Syntactic Pathways to Morphology: Freddy HU

Syntactic Pathways to Morphology Speaker: Xuhui Hu (Peking University), joint work with Danfeng Wu (University of Geneva) Title: ‘Polar Question Particles: Cross-linguistic Variation and Formal Explanation’ Date/time: May 8, 2026 / 2pm (CET) Place: Zoom Platform Registration: https://forms.gle/aodbKGniTjHjnjZF7.

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REFLECTIONS: Hilda Koopman

Speaker: Hilda Koopman (UCLA) Title: On Head Movement and Phrasal Movement Date/Time: 15 April, 6pm Please register to receive a Zoom link the day before the talk

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