Speaker: Adam Singerman (Syracuse University) Title: Verbal suppletion in Tuparí, an Indigenous Brazilian language: a typological counterexample Date and time: 21 October, 4pm (CET) Place: Zoom Abstract Recent work in the framework of Distributed Morphology (especially by Heidi Harley and colleagues) has put forward a series of crosslinguistic generalizations regarding the phenomenon of verbal suppletion. In…

Speaker: Lefteris Paprounas (UQAM) Title: Stative passives as complex heads: Event and argument structure in Greek Date and time: 14 October, 4pm (CET) Place: Zoom Abstract This talk identifies a set of novel generalizations in the morphosyntax of stative passives (e.g. ’The wall is already painted’) in Greek. In particular, it shows that stative passives crucially…

Speaker: Jenneke van der Wal (Leiden University) Title: t.b.a. Time: 31 October, 16:15-17:30 Place: Lipsius 0.01, Leiden University and Zoom Abstract: t.b.a. If you wish to attend please contact the organizers

Speaker: Fábio Bonfim Duarte (Minais Gerais) Title: t.b.a. Time: 17 October, 16:15-17:30 Place: Lipsius 0.01, Leiden University and Zoom Abstract: t.b.a. If you wish to attend please contact the organizers  

Lecturer: Ad Neeleman (UCL) Title: Phrase structure basics Date & time: 20–22 November 2024, 10.30–13.30 Participation: free Location (in person): KU Leuven, Faculty of Arts, Brussels Campus, Warmoesberg 26, 1000 Brussels, room A04-04 Location (online): Zoom Abstract: pdf

THE MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED. A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON. The 2nd HLS brainstorming meeting will take place on the 25th of November at 2 pm.  The broad topic that we will discuss is “Variability and how to deal with it, and when do all “externalization”-related effects become structural change?”  Those who are…

Speaker: Nicholas Catasso (University of Wuppertal) Title: t.b.a. Place:  MS Teams Abstract: t.b.a. — If you are not already a member of the Syntax Interface Lectures team on MS teams and affiliated to the UU, to use this link to join the team: If you would like to join the talk and are not affiliated with UU,…