Author Archives: Bogaards M.P.M.

There’s one final addition to the program: Bridget Copley will give a talk on Friday 21 June, 16:30-17:45 in Lipsius 1.31 (note day, time and room changes). This is directly following the final class of the LOT school. Furthermore, George … Continue reading →

We have a few last-minute changes to the program to announce: Two extra talks and two talks which will be on another date. First, we’re happy to announce two additional ComSyn talks this semester, by Marcel den Dikken (6 June) … Continue reading →

With the new semester quickly approaching, we’re delighted to announce the program for the upcoming season of ComSyn talks. The timeslot remains Thursdays, 16:15-17:30 (CET). The first two talks are in Lipsius 1.28, the remaining six are in Lipsius 1.33. … Continue reading →

Speaker:  Mieke Slim (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) Title: Are all, every and each all the same? The trajectory of universality in the development of English universal quantifiers Date: Thu 12 Oct Location: Lipsius 2.17 Time: 16:15–17:30 Most languages have multiple universal quantifiers, like … Continue reading →

Speakers:  Sjef Barbiers & Irina Morozova (LUCL) Title: How and why ONE is different Date: Thu 28 Sep Location: Lipsius 2.17 Time: 16:15–17:30 ONE has been regarded as different from the other cardinals by Borer (2005), Barbiers (2005), (2007), Her & Lai … Continue reading →

We’re looking forward to a varied programme of ComSyn talks in the upcoming season, running from September to December. All talks will be held at the usual timeslot of Thursdays, 16:15-17:30 CET. Here’s the list of speakers and dates: Speaker(s) Date … Continue reading →

Speakers:  Anikó Lipták & Crit Cremers (LUCL) Title: Left node not raising: Word part ellipsis revisited Date: Thu 22 Jun Location: Lipsius 0.01 (note room change) Time: 16:15-17:30 Abstract: In this talk, we describe a novel ellipsis phenomenon that deletes the … Continue reading →

Speaker: Iva Kovač (UniWien) Title: Dissecting habituality: The Croatian know and its kin Date: Thu 4 May Location: Lipsius 2.23 Time: 16:15-17:30 Abstract: Habituality is a versatile concept bordering categories such as aspect, modality, and iterativity, and has been used to describe a … Continue reading →

Speaker: Charlotte Sant (Arctic University of Norway) Title: Comparing apples and oranges: What grinding and portioning can tell us about gender and atomicity Date: Wednesday 26th April Location: Lipsius 1.30 (note day and room change) Time: 16:15-17:30 Abstract: It is … Continue reading →

Speaker: Leonel Tadjo Fongang (Universität Leipzig) Title: Towards a Unified Theory for Noun Class Agreement in Grassfields Bantu Date: Thursday 8 December Location: Lipsius 208 Time: 16:15 – 17:30 Abstract DP-internal agreement in Grassfields Bantu languages exhibits cross-linguistically rare patterns. In … Continue reading →