Roundtable discussion on the Prosody of Pronouns 19.05.2021

By Anke Himmelreich Comment Closed
Dear All, We are happy to announce the Roundtable discussion on the Prosody of Pronouns as part of the phonology colloquium, featuring talks by Marlene Böttcher, Fabian Schubö & Sabine Zerbian (U Stuttgart), Seunghun Lee (Christian U Tokyo), Tina Bögel (U Konstanz/ U Amherst), Anja Arnhold, Regina Hert & Juhani Järvikivi (U Alberta), Markus Bader (GU), and Frank Kügler (GU). All information including abstracts can be found at: https://www.linguistik-in-frankfurt.de/en/institute/phonology-kugler/roundtable-prosody-of-pronouns/ Date: 19.05.2021 Time: 15.00 – 18.30 CET Location: Zoom Please register beforehand (Kuegler@em.uni-frankfurt.de) to receive the access data to zoom! All are welcome! /frank...
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Phonetik & Phonologie 17 (GU) Call for abstracts

By Anke Himmelreich Comment Closed
Phonetik & Phonologie 17 – Goethe Universität Frankfurt Die Frankfurter Phonetik und Phonologie freut sich auf die Ausrichtung der diesjährigen P&P-17! Wir laden herzlich ein zur Einreichung von Abstracts zu allen Bereichen der Phonetik und Phonologie. Insbesondere ermutigen wir Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen zur Teilnahme. Wie bisher auch planen wir einen Mix aus Vorträgen und Postern und bitten dies bei der Einreichung und bei der Angabe zum Präsentationsformat zu bedenken.  Einreichungen: Abstracts (max. 300 Wörter ohne Literaturverzeichnis; anonymisiert) bis spätestens 30. Mai 2021 unter Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pp2021. Tagungsort: Goethe Universität Frankfurt, aus gegebenem Anlass virtuell über ein geeignetes Tool (weitere Informationen dazu folgen) Konferenzsprache: Konferenzsprache ist grundsätzlich Deutsch; Beiträge auf Englisch werden akzeptiert Wichtige Daten: Easychair Portal öffnet                    30.04.2021 Einreichungen bitte bis                   30.05.2021 Mitteilung über Annahme              30.06.2021 Anmeldung bis                                  15.08.2021 Tagung                                      ...
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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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Syntax Colloquium 25.01.2021 – Nelly Kerezova and Melissa Jeckel & Anke Himmelreich

By Anke Himmelreich Comment Closed
Dear colleagues, we are very happy to announce the next session of our syntax colloquium, which will again host two talks. Nelly Kerezova will talk about "Null objects in European Portuguese" and Melissa Jeckel & Anke Himmelreich will discuss "Agreement with Coordinated Subjects in the World’s Languages". Titles: "Null objects in European Portuguese" (Kerezova); "Agreement with Coordinated Subjects in the World’s Languages" (Jeckel & Himmelreich) Time  : 25.01.2021, 4 - 6 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.) You are all, as always, cordially invited! All the best, Johannes...
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