Syntax
The Mirror Principle and Its Exceptions
Neil Myler, Associate Profesor of Linguistics at Boston Universitiy, studies morphology, (micro-)comparative syntax, the interaction between syntax and morphophonology, argument structure, the morphosyntax and semantics of possession, Quechua morphology and syntax, and English dialect syntax.
Zoom link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/95795510131
The syntax of antipassives
Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/7141237857
Syntactic structure building: lessons from periphrasis
Island effects and their absence with multiple questions in Bulgarian
Abstract: Grammars exhibit island effects. That is to say, the linguistic knowledge a speaker has prevents them from forming questions in certain environments. For example, the string "Who did you meet the professor that taught?" cannot be used to ask who is the person such that you met the professor who taught that person. In this talk, I report experimental evidence concerning the possible obviation of island effects in Bulgarian with multiple questions.
Adam Liter leads the General Meeting with a presentation of work within his dissertation project, "Subjacency, the Empty Category Principle, and the nature of constraints on phrase movement."
Documenting topic and focus
This talk, you should attend (to understand this sentence).
Judith Aissen (UC Santa Cruz) will give a talk on information structure. The talk is officially part of Masha Polinsky's class, but everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
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