Monthly Archives: November 2015

Thursday 3 December – Christos Vlachos

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Aliza Glasbergen-Plas

Speaker: Christos Vlachos (Queen Mary University of London) Title: Wh-inquiries revis(it)ed Date: Thursday 3 December Venue: Van Wijkplaats 3/006 Time: 15.15-16.30 hrs Abstract A standard (hypo)thesis, within the framework of Generative Grammar, has been that a wh-parameter may broadly classify languages … Continue reading →

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Thursday 19 November – Anna Volkova

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Karvovskaya E.

Speaker: Anna Volkova (Higher School of Economics (Moscow) & Utrecht University) Title: Locally bound possessives in Mordvin languages  Date: Thursday 19 November Venue: Van Wijkplaats 3/006 Time: 15.15-16.30 hrs Abstract: Reuland (2011) and Despic  (2011, forthcoming) propose the following correlation between the … Continue reading →

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Thursday 5 November – James Griffiths

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Karvovskaya E.

Speaker: Jemes Griffiths (Utrecht University) Title: The syntax of reformulative appositions  Date: Thursday 5 November Venue: Van Wijkplaats 3/006 Time: 15.15-16.30 hrs Abstract: Reformulative appositions (RAs) are appositions that provide alternative and often more informative names for the referents (1a) or … Continue reading →

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