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Compositionality in the domain of tense, mood and aspect. Workshop in honor of Henk Verkuyl

In October this year Cambridge University Press will publish The Compositional Nature of Tense, Mood and Aspect, written by Henk Verkuyl (UiLOTS, Utrecht). The title of this book clearly alludes to the PhD defended in Utrecht on Friday 15 October 1971, called On the Compositional Nature of the Aspects. It was published in 1972 without substantial corrections….

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Heritage Language Syntax 2

The 2nd Heritage Language Syntax conference will take place ONLINE, hosted by Utrecht University, on 15-17 December 2021. Invited Speakers: Suzanne Aalberse (University of Amsterdam) Abbas Benmamoun (Duke University) Oksana Laleko (State University of New York – New Paltz) Brechje van Osch (UiT The Arctic University of Norway) Michael Putnam (Pennsylvania State University) Liliana Sánchez (University of Illinois…

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Talk by Roberta D’Alessandro at CUHK

On March 16 Roberta D’Alessandro will give a talk at the Chinese University of Hong Kong with the title Crossing phasal domains. Topic marking in Romance and beyond. Abstract and info here: http://ling.cuhk.edu.hk/seminars_weekly.php  

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Talk by Silvia Terenghi at Anglia Ruskin-Cambridge Romance Linguistics Seminar

On Thursday 3 December, Silvia Terenghi will give a talk entitled Demonstrative systems in Portuguese-based creoles: Some markedness considerations for the ARU-Cambridge Romance Linguistics Seminar. The seminar will take place on Zoom (Zoom ID: 928 5479 4852). If you wish to attend please email Silvia Terenghi for the passcode. Abstract Demonstrative systems in Portuguese-based creoles typically…

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Roberta D’Alessandro at ABRALIN AO VIVO

On November 4, Roberta D’Alessandro will give a talk for the Abralin ao Vivo series. The title of the talk is Microcontact: Language Change in Contact from a Microvariational Perspective. More info and abstract can be found here.

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Heritage Language Syntax 1 starts TODAY!

The Heritage Language Syntax workshop starts today! All the talks will be held *offline*. You can find pre-recorded videos on the OSF conference page here. You can leave your comments/questions on each of the talk pages so that the speakers can reply to you. On Friday at 3PM there will be the only online event…

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Talk by Eric Reuland at CU Hong Kong

Eric Reuland will give a talk on Exploring Anaphoric Dependencies for the Linguistics Seminar at CUHK, on October 13 at 10:30 am (Utrecht Time) 4:30 pm (Hong Kong Time). Attendance is free but registration to participate in the zoom meeting is required. You can register at this link .

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