About ComSyn
ComSyn started out as discussion group about Comparative Syntax at Leiden University Center for Linguistics (LUCL). It has since grown into a series of lectures about (Comparative) Syntax. Speakers from all over the world are welcome to present their work in an informal setting. ComSyn is the perfect place to present work in progress, do a dry run for a conference, or simply share a syntactic puzzle with fellow linguists. If you have any suggestions, please contact one of the organizers—Maarten Bogaards, Irina Morozova and Stéphane Térosier.
Upcoming talks
Spring/Summer 2024
29 Feb Malte Koot (LUCL) 14 Mar Kyle Jerro (University of Essex) 4 AprGert-Jan Schoenmakers
(POSTPONED)18 Apr Karen De Clercq
(CNRS/Université Paris Cité)2 May George Walkden
(Universität Konstanz)16 May Jens Fleischhauer
(Heinrich-Heine Universität
Düsseldorf)6 Jun Marcel den Dikken
(Eötvös Loránd University)13 Jun Stéphane Térosier (LUCL) 21 Jun Bridget Copley
(CNRS/Université Paris 8)8 Jul Yu-Yin Hsu (許又尹)
(Hong Kong Polytechnic)11 Jul Jesús Olguín Martinez
(Illinois State University)The first two talks are in Lipsius 1.28, the talk on 21 June is in Lipsius 1.31, all other talks are in Lipsius 1.33. All talks will be livestreamed on Zoom—please join our mailing list for the links.
Author Archives: Bogaards M.P.M.
Thu 8 Dec – Leonel Fongang
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
Thu 1 Dec – Zhen Li
Speaker: Zhen Li (LUCL) Title: Word order, information structure and agreement in Teke (Bantu B70) Date: Thursday 1 December Location: Lipsius 208 Time: 16:15 – 17:30 Abstract In this talk, I will discuss the information structure and its interactions with syntax … Continue reading
Thu 17 Nov – Marijke De Belder
Speaker: Marijke De Belder (Universiteit Utrecht) Title: Dutch primary compounding: towards a new inventory Date: Thursday 17 November Location: Lipsius 208 Time: 16:15 – 17:30 Abstract I present an overview of my work on Dutch primary compounding. I show that there … Continue reading
Thu 3 November – Romane Pedro
Speaker: Romane Pedro (Nantes Université) Title: The impact of the French wh-in-situ option in the acquisition of L2 English questions: An analysis of transfer Date: Thursday 3 November Location: Lipsius 208 Time: 16:15 – 17:30 Abstract When learning a new language, … Continue reading
Thursday 20 October – Esther Ruigendijk
Speaker: Esther Ruigendijk (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) Title: Pronoun interpretation and processing in Dutch and German Date: Thursday 20 October Location: Lipsius 208 Time: 16:15 – 17:30 Abstract It is well-known that Dutch-speaking children, like English-speaking children, make mistakes in … Continue reading
ComSyn: Fall/Winter 2022
The new season of ComSyn will run from October through December. Talks will be on the same day and time as the previous season: Thursdays, 16:15-17:30 CET. All talks will be in Lipsius 208. Talks are planned to be in … Continue reading
Thursday 2 June – Prerna Nadathur
Speaker: Prerna Nadathur (Universität Konstanz) (Joint work with Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Title: Modeling progress: event types, causal models, and the imperfective paradox Date: Thursday 2 June Venue: Online (join our mailing list to receive link) Time: 16.15 … Continue reading
Thursday 28 April – Justin Case
Speakers: Justin Case (University of Ottawa/LUCL) Title: Constructing the Siona nominal from the bottom up: a Minimalist perspective Date: Thursday 28 April Venue: Lipsius 121 Time: 16.15 – 17.30 hrs Abstract This talk focuses on the Ecuadorian variety of Siona, a Tukanoan … Continue reading
Thursday 21 April – Kristel Doreleijers & Marjo van Koppen
Speakers: Kristel Doreleijers (Tilburg University/Meertens Institute) & Marjo van Koppen (Utrecht University/Meertens Institute) Title: ‘New’ dialect grammar across borders: Brabantish hyperdialectisms at the interface of sociolinguistic enregisterment and focus marking Date: Thursday 21 April Venue: Lipsius 121 Time: 16.15 – 17.30 … Continue reading
Thursday 10 March – Matthijs Westera
Speaker: Matthijs Westera (LUCL) Title: What are questions? An English-centered, pragmatics & prosody-based perspective Date: Thursday 10 March Venue: Lipsius 121 Time: 16.15 – 17.30 hrs Abstract What are questions? What are the meanings of interrogative sentences, such that speakers can … Continue reading