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Syntactic Pathways to Morphology: Laura Kalin

Syntactic Pathways to Morphology Speaker: Laura Kalin (Princeton University) Title: Decomposing Vowel Melodies: The Morphology and Syntax of Root-and-Pattern Systems Date/time: May 29th, 2026 / 3:30pm (CET) Place: Zoom Platform Registration: https://forms.gle/c8uPu2p9SnCvozxcA

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SIL talk: Rishabh Suresh

Speaker: Rishabh Suresh (Georg-August Universität Göttingen) Title: No index, no pro-blem Date: 2 June 2026 Time: 16:00 – 17:00 Location: MS Teams/Utrecht, Trans 10, room 0.19 AbstractIt has long been proposed that languages with null pronominal arguments may be partitioned roughly in terms of how freely they allow pronouns to be covert, with ‘consistent’ languages allowing any and only…

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RoLinC: Natalia Jardón & Teresa Espinal

Speakers: Natalia Jardón & Teresa Espinal ((Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Title: A second person clitic without an addressee: Galician che as the expression of the judge Date/time: 23 June, 2-3pm Link: please contact the organizers

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RoLinC: Anna Cardinaletti

Speaker: Anna Cardinaletti (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice) Title: Variation, optionality, and bilectalism in Italo-Romance Date/Time: 16 June, 2-3pm Link: please contact the organizers

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RoLinC: Paulo Ângelo Araújo-Adriano

Speaker: Paulo Ângelo Araújo-Adriano (FFLCH/USP) Title: On Variation in Phasehood: Evidence from Brazilian Portuguese and English Date/time: 19 May, 2-3pm Link: Please contact the organizers

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5th HLS braistorming meeting: Who is a heritage speaker?

The 5th Heritage Language Syntax Brainstorming meeting will take place on the 18th of May, 4-5:30 pm CEST. This will be a special edition of our HLS brainstorming meetings, as it will feature a round table of “keynote” speakers discussing: Who can be categorized as a heritage speaker? Do we need a separate label for HS…

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Syntax Lab: Nerea Madariaga

Speaker: Nerea Madariaga (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU) Title: Exploring the relation between person features and null subjects in generative typology Time: 4.30-6.30pm Place: English Faculty, G-R05 and online (here) Abstract: This study investigates the loci and ways of realization of those features linked to the pro-drop phenomenon, that is, the ability of languages to…

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