Dear UTL-ers, the HLS2 program is online here. HLS2 will take place entirely online, and you’ll need to register if you wish to attend. Please drop an email to microcontact@uu.nl if you wish to attend! HLS2 will take in the afternoons of the 15, 16, and 17 of December.    

The Syntax Reading Group has restarted its activity! We meet every 2nd Monday of the month to discuss syntax articles. The meetings normally take place between 12:00 and 13:00 CET (you’re welcome to eat your lunch during the discussion). At the moment, we are meeting on Teams, so if you wish to join please let Roberta know and she’ll…

In October this year Cambridge University Press will publish The Compositional Nature of Tense, Mood and Aspect, written by Henk Verkuyl (UiLOTS, Utrecht). The title of this book clearly alludes to the PhD defended in Utrecht on Friday 15 October 1971, called On the Compositional Nature of the Aspects. It was published in 1972 without substantial corrections….

The 2nd Heritage Language Syntax conference will take place ONLINE, hosted by Utrecht University, on 15-17 December 2021. Invited Speakers: Suzanne Aalberse (University of Amsterdam) Abbas Benmamoun (Duke University) Oksana Laleko (State University of New York – New Paltz) Brechje van Osch (UiT The Arctic University of Norway) Michael Putnam (Pennsylvania State University) Liliana Sánchez (University of Illinois…

On Monday 19, Erin Pretorius & Chevãn Van Rooi (University of the Western Cape) will be giving a joint talk entitled The grammaticalisation of saam in Kaaps Afrikaans comitative PPs. The abstract and the Teams link info can be found here: Syntax Interface Lectures Utrecht | Erin Pretorius & Chevãn Van Rooi (University of the…

The Language Science Day organized annually by the Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS (UiL OTS) will be co-hosted this year by the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH), both at Utrecht University. The theme of this year’s edition is “Language Science and Digital Humanities”. This Language Science and Digital Humanities Day will be held on Friday,…

The Morfologiedagen – Morphology Days in the Low Countries 2021 will be hosted by Utrecht University on 22-23 April. It will feature a Workshop on natural and/or grammatical gender. You can find the full program, registration form and abstracts here: https://milc2021.sites.uu.nl/ Attendance is free but registration is required. All invited!