On Wednesday 15 at 10:15 Alberto Frasson will defend his dissertation with the title The syntax of subject pronouns in heritage languages The dissertation is part of the ERC project Microcontact. Language variation and change from the Italian heritage perspective You can follow the defense online at this link 

On Monday, April 25, Pritha Chandra (IIT Delhi) and Roberta D’Alessandro will be giving a talk at the Morpho-syn Syndicate (Penn State U) with the title Ergativity, phi-agreement and alignment. When things start going Accusative If you wish to attend please let Roberta know and she’ll send you the link. ABSTRACT Whether structural case is…

The next Syntax Reading Group meeting will take place tomorrow, 11th April at 12 noon. We will discuss Collins & Stabler (2016), A formalization of Minimalist Syntax  All invited! If you wish to attend and do not have the link please email Roberta and she’ll send it to you.

On April 11, Terje Lohndal (NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology & UiT The Arctic University of Norway) will give an online talk with the title The many features of grammatical gender: A case study of Norwegian If interested, please contact Mike Putnam for the zoom link. Abstract Grammatical gender is a formal…

The Morpho-Syn Syndicate Speaker Series & Reading group meets online every other Monday at 3:30PM (CET) to discuss recent papers and proposals on morpho-syntax. You can find the program and the list of talks (and info on how to attend) here: https://morphosynpennstate.weebly.com/speaker-series.html The Syndicate is organized by Mike Putnam. If you wish to join, please…

On the 27th of January Norbert Cover will give a Syntax Interface Lecture with the title I did it mind’s way. Attendance is free but registration is required. More info can be found here. Abstract Manner is ubiquitous in human life. When we do things, we often do them in a particular way. This way of doing…

The next meeting of our Syntax Reading Group will take place on Monday 13th at 12 noon. We will finish discussing Chomsky’s UCLA lecture #3. All welcome! If you wish to join and are not in the mailing list, please drop an email to Roberta.