Speaker: Boban Asenijević, University of Graz Title: From intensification to reflexivization and back Date: 12 September Time: 16:00-17:00 Place: Ms Teams Abstract: It has been observed in the literature that a strong link exists cross-linguistically between intensified and reflexive pronouns (König & Siemund 2005, É. Kiss & Mus 2022, a.o.). Various patterns are attested: reflexive pronouns…

Speaker: Kurt Erbach Title: Relative complexity in countability systems; a look at countability in central Kurdish Zoom link

Join the First Lingathon for Linguistics: 5-7 July We are excited to announce the first-ever Lingathon, a hackathon for linguistics, organized by LOT, from July 5th to 7th. This event, now held online, is open to all MA or PhD students, regardless of their affiliation. Participants will work in teams to solve a linguistic problem…

The first online Summer School On Iranian linguistics (SSOIL) will be held on August 5-8, 2024.  The program is below. Shahriar Hormozi is the principal organizer of this summer school. This event is hosted by the Department of Linguistics and the Iranian Linguistics research team at the University of Arizona. Please send your questions to…

The online talk series REFLECTIONS: Foundations and Developments of Generative Grammar will continue with a talk by Howard Lasnik (University of Maryland) in just 2 weeks: Date: 29 June 2024, 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) Topic: Optionality in Generative Syntax: A Brief History and a Case Study How to attend: Zoom Live stream on YouTube Zoom Information (a new…

The next SIL lecture will be given by Lieke Hendrix (Georg-August University Göttingen). Title: Split Topicalization in Southern Dutch: accounting for Microvariation Abstract Split Topicalization (ST) as in (1) refers to the phenomenon in which one constituent seems to have been broken up into two parts: a topicalized part and a remnant. Generally, the topicalized…

The next Syntax Reading Group meeting will take place on Friday 7 June at 12 noon. We will read Van Hoof (1997), Left dislocation and split topics in Brabant Dutch (in the Teams folder), in preparation to the SIL talk by Lieke Hendrix (who will actually speak the day BEFORE the SRG meeting, which means…