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CHARTING HONORIFIC and ADDRESSEE MORPHOSYNTACTIC PROCESSES (CHAMP) – 2023
The CHAMP (Charting Honorifics and Addressee Morphosyntactic Processes) Workshop will take place at UCL in London on January 20-21. Invited speakers Rajesh Bhatt (UMass), Roberta D’Alessandro (Utrecht), Gurmeet Kaur (Göttingen) PROGRAM Day 1 20th January Venue: Chandler House, 2 Wakefield St, B07 (Basement) Zoom Link Meeting ID: 960 1844 7028, Passcode: 025676 10.00 – 10.15 Welcome…
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ILS colloquium Marloes Oomen & Floris Roelofsen
On the 19th of January, Marloes Oomen (UvA) and Floris Roelofsen (UvA) will give an ILS colloquium talk entitled Polar questions in Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT). Abstract Relatively little is known about the way(s) in which polar questions (yes-no questions) are expressed in sign languages. It is often assumed that polar questions are…
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PhD defense and workshop for Silvia Terenghi
On the 27th of January at 2:15 pm Silvia Terenghi will defend her dissertation entitled Missing Person: Structure and change in Romance demonstratives (downloadable here from the 27th). The PhD defense will take place in the Academiegebouw. It can be followed from remote at this link. In the morning of the 27th, there will be a…
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SIL talk Lisa Cheng
On the 23rd of February, Lisa Cheng (Leiden) will give a talk for the SIL, with the title: The “lightness” of verbs and verbalisers More info: https://syntaxif.wp.hum.uu.nl/lisa-cheng-leiden-university-3/
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PSU Morpho-Syn Syndicate talk: Heather Newell and Craig Sailor
On Monday 12, Heather Newell (UQAM) and Craig Sailor (University of Edinburgh) will give a talk with the title Inclusiveness, the Interface, and the Prosodic Hierarchy. Abstract There is a recurrent debate in the literature over whether computation at the syntax-phonology interface is Direct Reference (can see the syntax) or Indirect Reference (mediated by the…
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