Phoevos Panagiotidis (University of Cyprus) Title: Beyond categorisers? DATE: 28 March Time: 4-5 pm Abstract Marantz (1996; 1997; et seq.) introduced a view of lexical categories according to which so-called lexical nouns, verbs, and adjectives result  from acategorial roots being categorised in grammar by categorising heads n, v, and a. Since then, research has only turned up modest…

The EMLaR XXI (Experimental Methods in Language Research XXI) workshop will take place in hybrid format (at Utrecht University and virtually) on Tuesday April 15th, Wednesday 16th, and Thursday 17th, 2025.  The workshop aims to train PhD students and advanced MA students in experimental methods for language research. Experts in various domains of language research…

The online talk series REFLECTIONS: Foundations and Developments of Generative Grammar will continue with a talk by Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge): Date: 5 April 2025, 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) Topic: Against Input Generalisation: Evaluation Metrics in Generative Grammar   How to attend: Zoom Live stream on YouTube Zoom Information (a new link) will be sent out…

Lecturer: Charles Reiss (Concordia University) Title: Substance Free Logical Phonology Abstract: pdf Date and time: 12–14 March 2025, 10.00–13.00 Participation: free Location (in person): KU Leuven, Faculty of Arts, Brussels Campus, Warmoesberg 26, 1000 Brussels, room A04-04 Location (online): Zoom (contact us to get the link)

Speaker: Ana Maria Martins (Universidade de Lisboa) Title: Some thoughts on clitic placement in West Iberian languages (Portuguese, Galician, Asturian and Mirandese) Date and time: 19 March, 2pm Place: Zoom To participate please contact the organizers

Speaker: Mark de Vries (U Groningen) Title: t.b.a. Place: t.b.a. Date and time: 8 May, 4pm

Speaker: Fenna Bergsma (Fryske Akademy) Title: Different infinitives in Frisian Place: Utrecht, Muntstraat 2A, room 1.11/MS Teams Date and time: 24 April, 16:00 Abstract Frisian has two morphologically distinct infinitives: one ending in -e (pronounced as [ə]) and one ending in -en (pronounced as [n]). It has been argued (cf. Visser 1989, Hoekstra 1997, Bergstra 2020) that they follow…