Due to unforeseen circumstances, this talk is CANCELED. It will be rescheduled to September. Elisabeth Kerr (Leiden University) will give a SIL talk on the 29th of June. The talk is entitled When object movement splits the noun phrase Abstract Discontinuous noun phrases are familiar from languages where a difference in information structural (IS) status…

Matilde Marcolli (Caltech) will be visiting our university on the 26th of June, and she will give a talk with the title: A mathematical model of syntactic Merge Abstract In this talk I will present a mathematical view of the Merge operation in the Minimalist Model of syntax, in the free symmetric form of Chomsky’s…

CRISSP is happy to announce a new CRISSP Seminar, with Paolo Acquaviva: Lecturer: Paolo Acquaviva (University College Dublin) Title: Semantic and morphosyntactic definiteness: a case study in crosslinguistic variation Date & time: Wednesday 10 May 2023, 15.30-17.00 Location:  Zoom Abstract: pdf

LiME (Linguistics @ Meertens) is happy to announce a new installment of the LiME Lecture Series with ​​​Rob Truswell on Monday 15 May 2023.   Lecturer:  ​Rob Truswell (University of Edinburgh) ​Title: Superset grammars and failed changes Date & time: Monday 15 May 2023, 14.00–15.30 CET Location (online): Zoom​ Abstract: ​pdf  

Cora Pots-Cavirani and Mike Putnam will give a talk with the title Prefixoids ≠ Prefixes: Not all inseparable verbal compounds are (underlyingly) the same Date/time: 1 May, 16:00 (Utrecht Time) Location: Zoom pwd: please ask Mike Putnam Abstract In this presentation, we take a closer look at two subtypes of inseparable verbal compounds in Dutch:…