Speakers: Irina Morozova & Sjef Barbiers (LUCL) Title: Why does water have a blue colour? Modification of Nouns and the Possession of Properties When: Thu 17 April, 16:15 – 17:30 Where: Lipsius 2.23 Zoom: link / Meeting ID: 633 9946 0316 / Passcode: AgNKj$2d Abstract: There are at least three ways in Dutch to say that a car is green: (1)      a.         een       groen-e            auto           a          green-com       car…

Speaker: Gert-Jan Schoenmakers (Utrecht University) Title: An experimental investigation of syntactic and discourse-processing claims about filler-gap dependencies Time: 19 September, 16:15-17:30 Place: Lipsius 0.01, Leiden University and Zoom Abstract: Explanations for linguistic phenomena are often sought either in the syntax or in non-syntactic components of human cognition, e.g. through demands of discourse processing. The unacceptability…

Speaker: Jenneke van der Wal (Leiden University) Title: t.b.a. Time: 31 October, 16:15-17:30 Place: Lipsius 0.01, Leiden University and Zoom Abstract: t.b.a. If you wish to attend please contact the organizers

The next ComSyn talk, by Karen De Clercq, is titled The internal structure of sentential negation: A view from suppletion. Speaker: Karen De Clercq (CNRS/LLF/Université Paris Cité) Title: The internal structure of sentential negation: A view from suppletion Date: Thu 18 April Location: Lipsius 1.33 and Zoom Time: 16.15 – 17.30 If you wish to follow the talk via Zoom…