Author Archives: Kroon M.S.

Thursday 25 April – Loes Koring

Speaker: Loes Koring (Leiden university) Title: Disjointess in Language Acquisition Date: Thursday 25 April Venue: Lipsius 2.35(!) Time: 15.15-16.30 hrs (drinks follow at Cafe de Keyzer) Abstract: A word like ‘somebody’ introduces a novel referent to discourse. Adult speakers of … Continue reading

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Thursday 4 October – Jan Casalicchio

Speaker: Jan Casalicchio (Leiden University) Title: The subject/object asymmetry and the origin of Romance clitics Date: Thursday 4 October Venue: Van Eyckhof 3/002 Time: 15.15-16.30 hrs (drinks follow) Abstract: In this talk I discuss the differences between object and subject clitic … Continue reading

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Thursday 17 May – Jan-Wouter Zwart

Speaker: Jan-Wouter Zwart (University of Groningen) Title: Tense in infinitives: a non-cartographic approach Date: Thursday 17 May Venue: Van Eyckhof 2/003 Time: 15.15-16.30 hrs Abstract: The presence or absence of T inside infinitival clauses informs the structural analysis of infinitival … Continue reading

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