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04/24/2008 04:30 p.m.
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The last STaR/SURGE talk of this semester!!! - presented by our guest student from the University of Nantes Dafina Gasparin. Dafina talks about her dissertation research on Multiple Wh- in Romanian (abstract). |
04/18/2008 03:00 p.m. |
Our guest student from Utrecht Cem Keskin follows up on the STaR's line of "Case talks". He presents his thesis research on Centralized Government: Case Assignment in Oghuz (abstract). |
04/04/2008 10:15 a.m. |
We have the opportunity to hear a joint STaR/SURGE talk by Veneeta Dayal on What can the semantics of number tell us about the syntax of pseudo-incorporation?, based on material from Hindi and Hungarian (abstract). |
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The following paper by Diane Massam provides a good background reading on the syntax of pseudo-incorporation for those who are interested: Pseudo Noun Incorporation in Niuean. |
03/14/2008 11:15 a.m. |
Last time we were mentioned two opposing views of Case theory, the innovative "marantzian" one, and the classical "chomskian" one. This time we look at them in detail. First, Teresa Torres will give an outline of the "alternative" approach as described in the paper by Alec Marantz Case&Licensing. Then Vera Dvorak will present Julie Legate's criticism of this approach which appeared in the first issue of this year's LI (and which we were encouraged to read in preparation for the last ST@R already): Morphological&Abstract Case. |
02/28/2008 03:15 p.m. |
Mark Baker gives a talk on Two Modalities of Case Assignment: Evidence from Sakha (abstract). |
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The material presented in the talk can be used to address some current controversies about the relationship between syntax, morphology, and PF – which is a potential theme of general interest for STaR meetings this semester. People interested in seeing how these interface issues arise in discussions of case theory in particular are invited to read the paper by Julie Legate Morphological&Abstract Case, which can be compared to the results of the work presented in the talk. |
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11/29/2007 04:30 p.m. |
We should discuss Kyle Johnson's paper on Determiners and Movement. |
11/08/2007 04:40 p.m. |
Ken Safir gives a talk on Viable Syntax: Rethinking Minimalist Architecture. The abstract putting the talk into context can be found here – please note that the talk itself is about the last paragraphs of the abstract. It's also useful (but not crucial) to read the first twenty four pages of Jonathan Bobaljik's paper Where's Phi before the talk. |
| 10/25/2007 04:30 p.m. | Nadya Vinokurova presents her ongoing research on Case and nominalizations in Sakha: On the impossibility of agent-denoting gerunds in Sakha. |
| 04/20/2007 10:00 a.m. | STaR: Case theory – *Topic TBD* |
| 04/06/2007 10:00 a.m. | STaR: Case theory – Mark Baker will lead a discussion of Bittner and Hale's (1996) paper entitled "The Structural Determination of Case and Agreement" (available in the copy room). |
| 03/23/2007 10:00 a.m. | Ken Safir will lead a discussion of modern issues in the theory of binding and anaphora with special reference to Reuland's "Primitives of Binding" (available in the copy room). |
| 03/09/2007 10:00 a.m. | STaR: Case theory – Carlos Fasola and Nadya Vinokurova discussed opposing viewpoints on the topic of identifying Case as a category or a feature. |
| 03/02/2007 9:30 a.m. | STaR: Case theory – Mark Baker led a discussion of Bobaljik and Branigan's (2006) "Eccentric Agreement and Multiple Case Checking" (available in the copy room), and gave the uninitiated a bit of background on Case theory. |
| 02/02/2007 3:00 p.m. | Jane Grimshaw led a discussion of the argument structure of reflexive verbs in English. |
| 12/15/2006 3:00 p.m. | Ken Safir led us in examining the paper by Reinhart and Siloni in Linguistic Inquiry (2005): "The Lexicon-Syntax Parameter: Reflexivization and other Arity Operations"." |
| 11/03/2006 2:30 p.m. | Jose Camacho gave a talk entitled "Shipibo V2 and the root-embedded asymmetry". For a bit of background on the fundamentals of V2 in Shipibo you can read this paper. |