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.
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
ComSyn: Spring 2022
The new season of ComSyn will run from March through June. 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 121, aside from 19 May in Lipsius … Continue reading
Thursday 9 Dec – Michael Diercks
Speaker: Michael Diercks (Pomona College) Title: Building Bridges: Developmental Minimalist Syntax Date: Thursday 9 December Venue: Online (get the Zoom-link through the Mailing List) Time: 16.15 – 17.30 hrs Abstract By many measures, the generative grammar project in its current iteration … Continue reading