Author Archives: Laura Migliori

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Speaker: Norma Schifano (University of Cambridge) Title: The paradigmatic instantiation of TAM: a novel approach to Romance Verb-Movement Venue: Lipsius/235C Time: 13:15 – 15:00 Abstract The aim of this talk is to explore the placement of the finite lexical verb … Continue reading →

Speaker: Caterina Donati (Università di Roma “La Sapienza”) Title: What do labels do: deciding between the external and internal definition Time: 15:15-17:00 Venue: Lipsius/148

Speaker: Marko Hladnik (Universiteit Utrecht) Title: The diverse origins of resumption – Feature recoverability and processing in relative clauses Time: 13:13-15:00 Venue: Lipsus/235C Abstract Relative clauses in Slavic languages can be formed in two ways: they are either introduced by … Continue reading →

Speaker: Gertjan Postma (Meertens Instituut) Title: A Germanic language island in Brazil: generalized T-to-C in Brazilian Pomeranian Time: 13:15 – 15: 00 Venue: Lipsius/235C Abstract Pomeranian is the coastal dialect of Continental Germanic between the Oder river and the Vistula … Continue reading →

Speaker: Jenneke van der Wal (University of Cambridge) Topic: From macroparameters to nanoparameters: a comparative Bantu case study Time: 13:15 -14:30 Venue: Eyckhof 2/006 Abstract According to the Borer-Chomsky Conjecture (Baker 2008), all parameters of variation are attributable to differences … Continue reading →

Speaker: Bettina Gruber (Universiteit Utrecht) Title: The Spatiotemporal Dimensions of Person Time: 13:15-14:30 Venue: Eyckhof 1/003C Abstract In this talk, I will take a closer look at the deictic and grammatical category person and its associated linguistic expressions: indexical, i.e. … Continue reading →

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Speaker: Sjef Barbiers (Universiteit Utrecht) Title: Landing sites and stranding sites Time: 13:15 – 14:30 Venue:Eyckhof2/004 Abstract There is a growing body of evidence for Chomsky’s claim (Chomsky 1986 and subsequent work) that vP is an intermediate landing site for … Continue reading →

Speaker: Phoevos Panagiotidis (University of Cyprus) Title: Lexical categories: roots and domains of interpretation Time: 15:15 – 16:30 Venue: Eyckhof 3/005 Abstract In this talk I will make three claims: a. That roots in isolation, i.e. outside grammatical structure, are … Continue reading →