Events 

Wednesdays 3:30-4:45, Wegmans Hall 4013

• Sep 4: Inversion and minimality

• Sep 11: Theoretical models of ungrammaticality 

• Sep 18: Literature potluck

• Sep 25: No meeting 

• Oct 2: Discussion of a paper (TBD)

Fridays 12-1:30pm, Lattimore Hall 201

See schedule here.

Thursdays 3:30-4:25, Wegmans Hall 4013

• Feb 1: Discussion of Halpert (2019)

• Feb 8: Discussion of Wurmbrand & Lohninger (2020) 

• Feb 15: Discussion of Wurmbrand & Lohninger (2020) 

• Feb 22: Scrambling in Bengali

• Feb 29: Scrambling in Bengali

• March 7: Passives of ditransitives in Ndebele and Shona - elicitation

• March 8: Discussion of Newman (2022)

Fridays 12-1:30pm, Lattimore Hall 513

Fridays 1:45-2:45, Lattimore Hall 513

• Sep 3: Bantu clause structure

• Sep 10: NOM/ACC agreement alignment without a NOM/ACC case system

• Sep 17: The timing of agreement and A-movement

• Oct 1: The independence of EPP and φ in Zulu and Ndebele

• Oct 8: Passives of double-object constructions and asymmetric object agreement 

• Oct 15: Compound tenses extended projections

• Oct 22: Functional vs lexical verbs

• Oct 29 -- Dec 15: closed meetings

Fridays 12-1:30pm, Lattimore Hall 513

• Sep 10: Kai Schenck (University of Rochester)

• Sep 17: Jeff Good (University at Buffalo)

• Sep 24: Jon Ander Mendia (Cornell University)

• Oct 15: Kate Lindsey (Boston University)

• Nov 12: Jochen Zeller (University of Kwa-Zulu Natal)

• Nov 19: Amalia Skilton (Cornell University)

• Dec 3: Ailis Cournane, New York University

• Zulu: Monday 3:30 - 4:30, Wegmans Hall 

• Ndebele: Tuesday 2-3pm, Wegmans Hall