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:…

  The spring talk calendar for the Romance Linguistics Circle (RoLinC) organized by the universities of Cambridge and Newcastle is now out. All talks are open for attendance, but you’ll need to contact the organizers to get a Zoom link. The talks take place every Tuesday at 1-2 pm (Utrecht time)   25th April Alice Corr (University…

Speaker: Marco Fioratti (University of Cambridge) Title: Microvariation in Romance inversion: from northern Italian dialects to a pan-Romance perspective Date: 27th June Time: 1-2 pm Utrecht time Zoom link: please contact the organizers

Speaker: James Corbet (University of Newcastle) Title: The perfect road and imperfect reassembly: The use of Spanish tense-aspect morphology by heritage speakers in the UK Date: 20th June Time: 1-2 pm Utrecht time Zoom link: please contact the organizers