Summer Term 2022
Unless announced otherwise, the LinG/RTG2636 Colloquium will take place on:
Wednesdays 4-6 pm (ct) for speakers from the US
Thursdays 10-12 am (ct) for speakers from Europe
!!! This semester the colloquium will be a hybrid event: some talks will take place online and some onsite in VG 4.104 with an opportunity to join via Zoom. Detailed information as to how to join the meetings will be shared via the LinG mailing list.
Talks will be announced regularly via the LinG mailing list and on this website (see below).
This is a preliminary schedule that will be extended, and possibly altered, in the weeks to come.
April 21 (Thursday 10-12 am ct): *RTG retreat*
*RTG retreat*
Format: online
Speaker: Raquel Veiga (UPF, Barcelona)
Talk: Form-meaning correspondences in number: the case of LSC
Speaker: Raquel Veiga (UPF, Barcelona)
Talk: Form-meaning correspondences in number: the case of LSC
Format: online
Speaker: Emanuela Sanfelici (University of Padua)
Talk: On the strength of D⁰: case resolution phenomena in free relative clauses
Speaker: Emanuela Sanfelici (University of Padua)
Talk: On the strength of D⁰: case resolution phenomena in free relative clauses
Format: online
Speaker: Padraic Monaghan (University of Amsterdam/ Lancaster University)
Talk: Sound symbolism: Where and when do we find it in language?
Speaker: Padraic Monaghan (University of Amsterdam/ Lancaster University)
Talk: Sound symbolism: Where and when do we find it in language?
Format: onsite (hybrid)
Speaker: Rajesh Bhatt (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Talk: Negation of Disagreement in Hindi-Urdu (joint work with Vincent Homer)
Speaker: Rajesh Bhatt (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Talk: Negation of Disagreement in Hindi-Urdu (joint work with Vincent Homer)
Format: online
Speaker: Veneeta Dayal (Yale University)
Talk: Against the universality of the strong-weak distinction in article systems
Speaker: Veneeta Dayal (Yale University)
Talk: Against the universality of the strong-weak distinction in article systems
Format: onsite
Speaker: Ana Arregui (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Talk: Cross-world strategies for in-world reference resolution
Speaker: Ana Arregui (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Talk: Cross-world strategies for in-world reference resolution
*no meeting*
Format: onsite
Speaker: Jeroen van Craenenbroeck (KU Leuven)
Talk: Seeking order in chaos: morphosyntactic variation in Dutch dialects
Speaker: Jeroen van Craenenbroeck (KU Leuven)
Talk: Seeking order in chaos: morphosyntactic variation in Dutch dialects
Format: onsite
Speaker: Michael C. Frank (Stanford University)
Talk: Bigger data about smaller people: Studying language learning at scale
Speaker: Michael C. Frank (Stanford University)
Talk: Bigger data about smaller people: Studying language learning at scale
Format: online
Speaker: Ruth Kramer (Georgetown University)
Talk: Discontinuous agreement in imperatives in Amharic: a haplology approach
Speaker: Ruth Kramer (Georgetown University)
Talk: Discontinuous agreement in imperatives in Amharic: a haplology approach
Format: online
Speaker: Judith Tonhauser (University of Stuttgart)
The talk will be rescheduled for the next semester
Speaker: Judith Tonhauser (University of Stuttgart)
The talk will be rescheduled for the next semester
Format: online
Speaker: Luigi Rizzi (Collège de France)
Talk: Structure and acquisition of the left periphery: the growing trees approach
Speaker: Luigi Rizzi (Collège de France)
Talk: Structure and acquisition of the left periphery: the growing trees approach