End of semester

by Anke Himmelreich Comment Closed
Dear colleagues, students and guests of the Institute of Linguistics, The courses of the winter semester are coming to an end and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your activities and effort during the semester. Enjoy a few peaceful weeks and recharge your batteries for the new semester. Stay healthy - we look forward to seeing you again next semester, even if mostly virtual. Best regards Your Institute of Linguistics...
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43. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS)

by Anke Himmelreich Comment Closed
Das Institut für Linguistik präsentiert sich auf der diesjährigen Jahrestagung der DGfS (23.02.2021 - 26.02.2021) mit einer AG (AG 1: Grammatical gaps: Definition, typology and theory geleitet von Helmut Weiß und Thomas Strobel) und diversen Vorträgen. Eine Übersicht über das gesamte Programm finden Sie hier.   Hier eine Übersicht des Programms mit Frankfurter Beteiligung:   Mittwoch, 24.02.2021: 13:45-15:45 AG 1: Thomas Strobel, Helmut Weiß, Grammatical gaps: Definition, typology and theory 13:45-14:45: Caroline Féry  The role of stress and metrical foot in ineffability in German  AG 10 (10a): Prosodic boundary phenomena 13:45-14:15: Isabelle Franz, Christine Knoop, Gerrit Kentner, Sascha Rothbart, Vanessa Kegel, Julia Vasilieva, Sanja Methner & Winfried Menninghaus  Prosodic phrasing and syllable prominence in spoken prose: Prediction from text and validation AG 12 (11a): Eye-tracking and language production 15:15-15:45: Yvonne Portele  Implicit perceptual priming in context: When the prominent patient meets the eye   Mittwoch, 24.02.2021: 16:30-18:00 AG 10 (10a): Prosodic boundary phenomena 16:30-17:00: Gerrit Kentner, Isabelle Franz, Christine Knoop & Winfried Menninghaus Pause duration and other prosodic boundary cues are not monotonically correlated   Donnerstag, 25.02.2021: 9:00-10:30 AG 10 (10a):  Prosodic boundary phenomena 10:00-10:30:...
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Syntax Colloquium 08.02.2021 – Nina Adam

by Anke Himmelreich Comment Closed
We are very happy to announce the next talk in our syntax colloquium this term. Nina Adam (Göttingen) will talk about "Where do Czech clitics go, and why? A constraint-based analysis”. The talk will take place online, please see the information below on how to participate. Title: "Where do Czech clitics go, and why? A constraint-based analysis” Time : 08.02.2021, 4 pm Place: Zoom (If you are not a regular member of the syntax colloquium and if you would like to listen to this talk, please contact Katharina Hartmann. You will be sent a link / ID to Zoom.) Please find the abstract below. You are all, as always, cordially invited! ================== Where do Czech clitics go, and why? A constraint-based analysis In this talk, I will present the current status of my dissertation project on Czech clitic placement. I will give a short introduction into the properties of Czech second-position clitics and the challenges they provide for syntactic analyses. I will then argue that Czech clitics should...
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Syntax Colloquium 01.02.2021 – Harold Torrence

by Anke Himmelreich Comment Closed
We are very happy to announce the next talk in our syntax colloquium this term. Harold Torrence (UCLA) will talk about "The Pathway of Successive Cyclic Movement: Evidence from Avatime Complex Predicates”. The talk will take place online, please see the information below on how to participate. Title: "The Pathway of Successive Cyclic Movement: Evidence from Avatime Complex Predicates” Time : 01.02.2021, 4 pm Place: Zoom (If you are not a regular member of the syntax colloquium and if you would like to listen to this talk, please contact Katharina Hartmann. You will be sent a link / ID to Zoom.) Please find the abstract below. You are all, as always, cordially invited! All the best, Johannes =============== "The Pathway of Successive Cyclic Movement: Evidence from Avatime Complex Predicates” Understanding the mechanism of successive cyclic A'-movement is a longstanding issue in generative syntax. Within this framework of ideas, one central concern has been to determine what are the intermediate landing sites. Related to this is the question of why particular...
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