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) 18 Apr Karen De Clercq
(CNRS/Université Paris Cité)2 May George Walkden
(Universität Konstanz)16 May Jens Fleischhauer
(Heinrich-Heine Universität
Düsseldorf)13 Jun Stéphane Térosier (LUCL) 21 Jun Bridget Copley
(CNRS/Université Paris 8)8 Jul Yu-Yin Hsu (許又尹)
(Hong Kong Polytechnic)The first talk is in Lipsius 1.28, the talk on 21 June in Lipsius 1.31, all other talks in Lipsius 1.33. All talks are livestreamed on Zoom.
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Thu 11 July – POSTPONED
It has been brought to our attention that the talk planned for Thursday 11 July—by Jesús Olguín Martinez—has come to overlap with the farewell event for our Grant Officer (announced last Tuesday). Since many of us will want to be … Continue reading
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Mon 8 July – Yu-Yin Hsu
Speaker: Yu-Yin Hsu 許又尹 (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)Title: Interaction of syntax and information structure: Focus-driven T-to-C movement of modal auxiliaries in Mandarin ChineseDate: Mon 8 July (note day change)Location: Lipsius 1.33Zoom: Link / Meeting ID: 626 6867 6455 / … Continue reading
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Fri 21 June – Bridget Copley
Speaker: Bridget Copley (SFL – CNRS/Paris 8)Title: Causal theory as the “B side” of modal theory: The English progressive as case studyDate: Fri 21 June (note day change)Location: Lipsius 1.31 (note room change)Zoom: Link / Meeting ID: 651 0051 9185 / … Continue reading
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Thu 13 June – Stéphane Térosier
Speaker: Stéphane Térosier (LUCL)Title: Common ground management and its morphosyntactic reflexes in Martinican Creole wh-questionsDate: Thu 13 JuneLocation: Lipsius 1.33Zoom: Link / Meeting ID: 661 6808 0486 / Passcode: 3$i2CutSTime: 16:15 – 17:30 This talk focuses on two types of … Continue reading
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Thu 6 June – CANCELED
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have to cancel the ComSyn talk by Marcel den Dikken, scheduled for 6 June. Jesús Olguín Martinez’ talk on 11 July will be a Zoom talk rather than an in-person talk. The rest of the … Continue reading
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Thu 16 May – Jens Fleischhauer
Speaker: Jens Fleischhauer (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)Title: ‘My mother’, ‘Your father’: Suppletive kinship terms in African languagesDate: Thu 16 MayLocation: Lipsius 1.33Zoom: Link / Meeting ID: 619 5663 5565 / Passcode: W$3VScD%Time: 16:15 – 17:30 Many languages exhibit a high … Continue reading
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Thu 2 May – George Walkden
Speaker: George Walkden (University of Konstanz)Title: Adult language acquisition and syntactic changeDate: Thu 2 MayLocation: Lipsius 1.33Zoom: Meeting ID: 617 3017 2255 – Passcode: 1qx8Vm4?Time: 16:15 – 17:30 This talk will assess the place of adult language acquisition as an … Continue reading
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Thu 18 Apr – Karen De Clercq
Speaker: Karen De Clercq (CNRS/LLF/Université Paris Cité)Title: The internal structure of sentential negation: A view from suppletionDate: Thu 18 AprilLocation: Lipsius 1.33Time: 16.15 – 17.30 There are four different ways in which TAM-morphology and sentential negators (SNs) may interact, summarised in (1). (1) Type A … Continue reading
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Final program: One more bonus talk!
There’s one final addition to the program: Bridget Copley will give a talk on Friday 21 June, 16:30-17:45 in Lipsius 1.31 (note day, time and room changes). This is directly following the final class of the LOT school. Furthermore, George … Continue reading
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Changes to program: Two bonus talks!
We have a few last-minute changes to the program to announce: Two extra talks and two talks which will be on another date. First, we’re happy to announce two additional ComSyn talks this semester, by Marcel den Dikken (6 June) … Continue reading
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