On the morning of Jolien Scholten’s defence, there will be workshop celebrating her dissertation. Program 9.45-9.50 Marjo van Koppen & Norbert Corver: Welcome 9.50-10.30 Johan Rooryck: There is no inalienable possession in French 10.30-10.40 Break 10.40-11.20: Eva Dekany: DP structure and (in)alienability in Hungarian Sign Language 11.20-12.00: Marcel den Dikken: Objective external possessor constructions: Contrasting…

We are happy to announce that Jolien Scholten will be defending her dissertation titled The ins and outs of external possession: A micro-comparative perspective on Friday, April 20th, 2018. The defence will take place at 14.30 in the Senaatszaal of the Academiegebouw (Domplein 29) in Utrecht. The defence will be accompanied by a workshop, a…

On the 25th of April, professor Antonella Sorace of the University of Edinburgh will give a public lecture on multilingualism. Professor Sorace will be visiting Utrecht University for 2 weeks. Stay tuned for more news on her lectures and courses.  

The next SRG meeting will take place on Monday, April 9th, in Trans 10, 0.26, at 11:00. We will continue discussing Chomsky (2008). On Phases. In Foundational Issues in Linguistic Theory. Essays in honor of Jean-Roger Vergnaud, eds. R. Freidin, C. Peregrín Otero and M. L. Zubizarreta, 133-166. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

The next SRG meeting will take place on Thursday, March 22nd, in Trans 10, 0.26, at 11:00. We will discuss Chomsky (2008). On Phases. In Foundational Issues in Linguistic Theory. Essays in honor of Jean-Roger Vergnaud, eds. R. Freidin, C. Peregrín Otero and M. L. Zubizarreta, 133-166. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

We cordially invite you to attend the third meeting on Friday 16 March, 9.30-12.00 (Drift 23, room 0.13, 3512BR Utrecht). The focus of the meeting will be on competition between past, present perfect and recent past. This is the program: 9.30 – 10.15 Olaf Hoenselaar, Helen de Hoop, Gijs Mulder, Gert-Jan Schoenmakers (Radboud University Nijmegen): On…

  Dear students and colleagues, Next week, Jon Gajewski from UConn (Connecticut, USA) will visit UiL-OTS. He is an expert on negative polarity items and neg-raising. You can find more about his research on his webpage: https://jon-gajewski.uconn.edu/ He will give two crash courses and one seminar. You are all very much invited to join both the courses…