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,…

Speaker: Boban Asenijević, University of Graz Title: From intensification to reflexivization and back Date: 12 September Time: 16:00-17:00 Place: Ms Teams Abstract: It has been observed in the literature that a strong link exists cross-linguistically between intensified and reflexive pronouns (König & Siemund 2005, É. Kiss & Mus 2022, a.o.). Various patterns are attested: reflexive pronouns…

Speaker: Kurt Erbach Title: Relative complexity in countability systems; a look at countability in central Kurdish Zoom link

Join the First Lingathon for Linguistics: 5-7 July We are excited to announce the first-ever Lingathon, a hackathon for linguistics, organized by LOT, from July 5th to 7th. This event, now held online, is open to all MA or PhD students, regardless of their affiliation. Participants will work in teams to solve a linguistic problem…

The first online Summer School On Iranian linguistics (SSOIL) will be held on August 5-8, 2024.  The program is below. Shahriar Hormozi is the principal organizer of this summer school. This event is hosted by the Department of Linguistics and the Iranian Linguistics research team at the University of Arizona. Please send your questions to…

The online talk series REFLECTIONS: Foundations and Developments of Generative Grammar will continue with a talk by Howard Lasnik (University of Maryland) in just 2 weeks: Date: 29 June 2024, 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) Topic: Optionality in Generative Syntax: A Brief History and a Case Study How to attend: Zoom Live stream on YouTube Zoom Information (a new…