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Syntax Seminar – Presentation of 2nd Years

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Tom Trigg: "Towards a typology of reconstruction effects" Isa Solá-Llonch: "Verbal prefixes in San Cristóbal Lachirioag Zapotec" Kerri Devlin:  "Deriving Adjunction".

Syntax Seminar – Maddy Booth

Maddy Booth: Possessives in San Cristóbal Lachirioag Zapotec In this talk, I will discuss construct state (CS) and free state (FS) possessives in San Cristóbal Lachirioag Zapotec (SCLZ). SCLZ is a previously undescribed VSO Zapotecan language spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico, in the Villa Alta district (Butler 1980). I will discuss Sichel's (2002) analysis of Hebrew...

Syntax Seminar – Stefan Keine

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Stefan Keine on Hindi/Urdu crossover asymmetries ( joint work with Rajesh Bhatt) We investigate and analyze a crossover asymmetry in Hindi/Urdu scrambling: such scrambling is not subject to (secondary) weak crossover but at the same time shows clear (secondary) strong crossover effects. This asymmetry provides empirical evidence that the two types of crossover must be analytically...