Category Archives: Linguistics

Speaker:  Molly Rolf (University of Konstanz) Title: The functional load shift from case to adposition: the role of L2-difficulty. Date: Thu 11 May Location: Lipsius 2.23 Time: 16:15-17:30 Abstract: This talk proposes that a mixed realisation of case features in the … Continue reading →

Speaker: Iva Kovač (UniWien) Title: Dissecting habituality: The Croatian know and its kin Date: Thu 4 May Location: Lipsius 2.23 Time: 16:15-17:30 Abstract: Habituality is a versatile concept bordering categories such as aspect, modality, and iterativity, and has been used to describe a … Continue reading →

Speaker: Charlotte Sant (Arctic University of Norway) Title: Comparing apples and oranges: What grinding and portioning can tell us about gender and atomicity Date: Wednesday 26th April Location: Lipsius 1.30 (note day and room change) Time: 16:15-17:30 Abstract: It is … Continue reading →

Speaker: Tamirand Nnena de Lisser (University of Guyana) Title: The Three Phases of Early Missing Subjects: Evidence from Creole Language Acquisition Date: Thursday 6th April Location: Lipsius 2.23/Zoom [online talk] Time: 16:15-17:30 Abstract: This talk will explore the null subject … Continue reading →

Speaker: Elisabeth J. Kerr (LUCL) Title: Tunen syntax within a structural typology of Aux-O-V word orders Date: Thursday 16th March Location: Lipsius 2.23 Time: 16:15-17:30 Abstract: Aux-O-V word order is an interesting case of disharmonic word order, where a head-initial … Continue reading →

We are looking forward to a full programme of ComSyn talks in the upcoming season, running from March-June. All talks will be held at the usual timeslot of Thursdays, 16:15-17:30 CET (aside from 26th April; see below).  Here is the list of … Continue reading →

Speaker: Leonel Tadjo Fongang (Universität Leipzig) Title: Towards a Unified Theory for Noun Class Agreement in Grassfields Bantu Date: Thursday 8 December Location: Lipsius 208 Time: 16:15 – 17:30 Abstract DP-internal agreement in Grassfields Bantu languages exhibits cross-linguistically rare patterns. In … Continue reading →

Speaker: Zhen Li (LUCL) Title: Word order, information structure and agreement in Teke (Bantu B70) Date: Thursday 1 December Location: Lipsius 208 Time: 16:15 – 17:30 Abstract In this talk, I will discuss the information structure and its interactions with syntax … Continue reading →

Speaker: Marijke De Belder (Universiteit Utrecht) Title: Dutch primary compounding: towards a new inventory Date: Thursday 17 November Location: Lipsius 208 Time: 16:15 – 17:30 Abstract I present an overview of my work on Dutch primary compounding. I show that there … Continue reading →

Speaker: Romane Pedro (Nantes Université) Title: The impact of the French wh-in-situ option in the acquisition of L2 English questions: An analysis of transfer Date: Thursday 3 November Location: Lipsius 208 Time: 16:15 – 17:30 Abstract When learning a new language, … Continue reading →