Utrecht Theoretical Linguistics

heritage language syntax

5th Heritage Language Syntax meeting

The 5th HLS workshop will take place in Hamburg on 8 November 2024. Unlike the previous editions, this year’s HLS will consist of a one-day Symposium on the syntax of heritage Romance languages in contact, for which the IRom is delighted to have 5 distinguished international experts in the field as guest speakers: Laura Dominguez (University of Southampton)…

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CANCELED: 2nd Heritage Language Syntax brainstorming meeting

THE MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED. A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON. The 2nd HLS brainstorming meeting will take place on the 25th of November at 2 pm.  The broad topic that we will discuss is “Variability and how to deal with it, and when do all “externalization”-related effects become structural change?”  Those who are…

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Heritage Language Syntax

Heritage Language Syntax is a platform built around the Heritage Language Syntax (HLS) workshop series. It focuses on heritage and/or minority language syntax, with particular attention to language change in contact and its bearings on our knowledge and understanding of syntactic theory. We have several workshops planned, but we are also going to host methodology…

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