Category Archives: Linguistics

Speaker: Jemes Griffiths (Utrecht University) Title: The syntax of reformulative appositions  Date: Thursday 5 November Venue: Van Wijkplaats 3/006 Time: 15.15-16.30 hrs Abstract: Reformulative appositions (RAs) are appositions that provide alternative and often more informative names for the referents (1a) or … Continue reading →

Speaker: Mark de Vries (University of Groningen) Title: The Proleptic accusative as an exceptional Exceptional Case Marking construction Date: Thursday 29 October Venue: Van Wijkplaats 3/006 Time: 15.15-16.30 hrs Abstract This talk (representing joint work with Marjo van Koppen and … Continue reading →

Speaker: Melissa Farasyn  (University Gent) Title: Agreement patterns in Middle Low German non-restrictive relative clauses Date: Thursday 15 October Venue: Lipsius 235B Time: 15:15 – 16:30 hrs  Abstract In this talk I will focus on agreement patterns in Middle Low … Continue reading →

Speaker: Seid Tvica (University of Amsterdam) Title: Rich Agreement Hypothesis beyond Indo-European Date: Thursday 1 October Venue: Wijkplaats 3/ room 006 Time: 15:15 – 16:30 hrs  Abstract It is well-established in the literature that many Germanic and Romance languages differ … Continue reading →

Speaker: Hadas Kotek (McGill University) Title: Pervasive intervention and the architecture of grammar Date: Wednesday 23 September Venue: De Vrieshof 4/010 Time: 13.30-14.45 hrs (NB. Different day and time than the other lectures) Abstract I propose a new theory of … Continue reading →

Speaker: Luis Vicente (the University of Potsdam) Title: ATB extraction without coordination Venue: Wijkplaats 3/006 Time: 15:15 – 16:00 Abstract A substantial portion of the literature treats Across-the-Board (ATB) extraction as a process restricted to coordinate structures. However, our best accounts of … Continue reading →

Title: Romanian linguistics afternoon Date: Thursday May 28th Venue: Van Eyckof 3/005 Time: 14:30 – 17:00 hrs Speakers: Dana Niculescu (U of Amsterdam) – tba Alexandru Nicolae (U of Bucharest) – “Modal Verb Configurations in Romanian” Valentina Cojocaru  (U of Bucharest/Leiden … Continue reading →

Speaker: Aliza Glasbergen-Plas (Leiden University) Title:Het/er gaat eraan vooraf: adjunction of an apparent complement clause Date: Thursday May 7　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Venue: Huizinga 4 Time: 15:15 – 16:30 hrs Abstract In Dutch, when a lexical head takes a CP-complement, sometimes a pronoun … Continue reading →

Speaker: Milan Rezac & Mélanie Jouitteau (CNRS,IKER) Title: Anaphoric relationships of phi-deficient pronouns Date: Thursday April 30th Venue: Huizinga 4 Time: 15:15 – 16:30 hrs Abstract We investigate the remarkable relationship French impersonal pronoun on has to anaphoric pronouns. On … Continue reading →

Speaker: Marjo van Koppen (Universiteit Utrecht) and Jeroen van Craenenbroeck (KU Leuven) Title: Identifying Parameters Date: Thursday April 16 Venue: Huizinga 4 Time: 15:15 – 16:30 hrs Abstract This talk (i) explores a new tool that offers a unique window into … Continue reading →