2026: The many meanings of redundancy: multiple negation in Brazilian Portuguese and Mandarin Chinese (with Sophie Rotter). In: AMLaP 2026 – Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken. September 2026. (forthcoming)
2026: Modifying dimensions: The case of Brazilian Portuguese binominals (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer). In: SALT 36 – Semantics and Linguistic Theory 36, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires. July 30, 2026.
2026: Order Beyond Locality: Binominal Epithets, Cartography, and the Limits of Language Models. Invited talk at the Kolloquium Syntax und Semantik – Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. June 9, 2025.
2026: Modelling Register (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer) In: Colloquium of the CRC 1412 – CRC 1412 Collaborative Research Centre 1412 "Register", Berlin. May 4, 2026. (Slides)
2026: Complexity is Special: Pronominal Variability, Featural Complexity and Social Meaning (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer). In: Retreat of CPT "Complexity" – CRC 1412 Collaborative Research Centre 1412 "Register", Berlin. April 29, 2026. (Slides)
2026: Definite but definitely different: Headless RCs in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese (with Carla Bombi). In: GLOW48 – 48th Generative Linguistics in the Old World Conference, University of Siena, Siena. April 22, 2026.
2026: Definites Without Descriptions: Pronouns, Structural Complexity and Use‑Conditional Content. Invited talk at the Meaning Across Languages Colloquium – Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University. April 9, 2026.
2026: Pronouns in Disguise: Anaphoric Variability, Structural Complexity, and Social Meaning. Invited talk at the Linguistics Colloquium – Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University. February 23, 2026.
2026: Weak forms, strong meanings: Person features, indices and the typology of honorifics (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer). Phi & Markedness Workshop, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin. February 10, 2026. (Slides)
2026: Syntax and Use-conditions: The Case of Topic Drop in German (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer) In: EEL Research Colloqium, Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. January 29, 2026 (Slides, Paper)
2025: The Grammar of Slur-Based Nominals in Brazilian Portuguese (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer). In: Going Romance 2025, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy. December 3, 2025. (Abstract, Slides)
2025: Explicitness, Honorification and Indices (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer and Elin McCready) In: LENLS 21 – Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics, Nagoya University. November 28, 2025. (Online Proceedings)
2025: Modelling Register within the Grammar (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer) In: Retreat of CPT "Lexicon" – CRC 1412 Collaborative Research Centre 1412 "Register", Berlin. November 17, 2025. (Slides)
2025: From descriptions to epithets: A structurally uniform account of definites. In: LFRG - Syntax-Semantics Reading Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 22, 2025. (Abstract).
2025: When I am You: Deriving Honorifics through Weak Indices (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer and Elin McCready). In: NELS 56 The 56th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistics Society, New York University. October 19, 2025. (Abstract, Slides)
2025: A Structurally Uniform Account of Slur‑Based Nominals (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer) In: Sinn und Bedeutung 30, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main. September 24, 2025. (Abstract, Slides)
2025: Genitive vs. PP Arguments in German NPs: Grammatical and Use Conditions (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer & Pauline Reiß). In: HPSG 2025 – The 32nd International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. September 3, 2025. (Abstract, Slides)
2025: Shifting Slurs: Toward a unified account of slur-based definites. Invited talk at the Morpho-Syntax-Semantics Colloquium, University of Potsdam. July 8, 2025. (Slides)
2025: Definite headless RCs in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese (with Carla Bombi). 34th CGG, UNED, Madrid, Spain. May 7 – 9, 2025.
2025: Definite Headless Relative Clauses in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese (with Carla Bombi). Invited talk at the Morpho-Syntax-Semantics Colloquium, Universität Potsdam. April 29, 2025.
2025: Spanish Experiencer Object Verbs: Differential Case Marking of the Experiencer and Different Levels of Politeness (with Paola Fritz-Huechante, Antonio Machicao y Priemer & Elisabeth Verhoeven) In: XXIV. Deutscher Hispanistiktag 2025: Dinámicas de transferencia e hibridación (Workshop: El dativo. Un caso híbrido?), Universität Hamburg. (Abstract, Slides)
2025: Variability in local binding: the case of pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese. Invited talk at the Kolloquium Syntax und Semantik – Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, January 21, 2025.
2024: Two features, two registers: explaining agreement variation in the case of "a gente". Going Romance 2024, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal. (Poster)
2024: Modelling Registers (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer; Stefan Müller & Yanru Lu) Internal Retreat of A Projects in the CRC 1412, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) (Slides).
2024: The Duality of Disjointness: The Case of Brazilian Portuguese Pronouns. Invited talk at CoRoLi – Colloquium Romanistische Linguistik, Institut für Romanistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Slides)
2024: Topic drop in German: Grammar and usage (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer & Yanru Lu). 31st Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG 2024) - Palacký University (Abstract, Slides)
2024: Generalizing Linearization in Mandarin Chinese NCs: Marking instead of Projecting (with Chenyuan Deng & Antonio Machicao y Priemer). 46. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS 2024) – Language and Attitude, Ruhr Universität Bochum. AG 8: Constraining Linearization (Slides)
2023: Mandarin Chinese Nominal Complexes: Unifying Classifiers, Modifiers and Demonstratives (with Chenyuan Deng & Antonio Machicao y Priemer) CSSP 2023 – Colloque de syntaxe et sémantique à Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (Abstract, Slides)
2023: Puzzles about Chinese Nominal Complexes: A Head-Functor Approach (with Chenyuan Deng & Antonio Machicao y Priemer) Invited talk at the Kolloquium Syntax und Semantik – Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Abstract, Slides)
2023: Variation and Usage Preferences: The Case of First-Person Plural in Brazilian Portuguese (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer). Internal and External Pressures Shaping Language, ESSLLI 2023 – 34th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science. (Abstract, Slides)
2023: Rehabilitating binding-as-agreement: variation in 1.PL anaphora in Brazilian Portuguese. Invited talk at the BerlinBrnoVienna Worskhop, Masaryk Universsity, Brno. (Slides)
2023: On the structure of NPs: A local account for German and Mandarin Chinese (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer & Chenyuan Deng). Invited talk at the GLiF Seminars, Universitat Pompeo Fabra, Barcelona. (Slides)
2023: Agreement in Brazilian Portuguese: A case of register variation (with Antonio Machicao y Priemer). Invited talk at the Kolloquium Syntax und Semantik – Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Slides).
2022: The Radical Unacceptability Hypothesis. Linguistic Evidence 2022, Université de Paris – CNRS. (Slides)
2022: On the causes of non-exophoric anaphora. Invited talk at the SFB Colloquium at Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen. (Slides)
2022: A pragmatic theory of English discursive reflexives. Invited talk at the English Seminar at Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen. (Slides)
2021: Simpler Syntax: foundations and applications. Co-taught with Peter W. Culicover and Ray Jackendoff. (Syllabus, Access to video recordings lectures and course materials).
2021: The disunity of Principle B Effects. 28th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (Slides, Video).