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) 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 third talk (4 Apr) is in Lipsius 2.35, the remaining talks are in Lipsius 1.33. Online talks are in Lipsius 1.33 and on Zoom—please join our mailing list for the links.
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
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
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