The 15th conference on the Formal description of Slavic languages (FDSL15) is taking place October 5th-7th at Humboldt University, Berlin. UConn linguistics will be represented at the conference with talks by:

• Željko Bošković. Multiple wh-fronting in a typological setting
• Matic Pavlič, Arthur Stepanov (PhD 2001, now at University of Nova Gorica) & Penka Stateva (PhD 2002, now at University of Nova Gorica). Distribution of the dual in relation to sentential function of the noun and preservation of dual morphology in six Slovenian dialects

… and an invited talk by:

• Svitlana Antonyuk (post-doc 2018-19, now at Karl Franzens Universität Graz). From scope freezing to, well, everything: Investigations into Ukrainian syntax

The 14th conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR14), which is taking place in Osaka, Japan on 27th-30th September 2022. The UConn linguistics community will be well represented at the conference with a keynote address by:

• Marie Coppola. How interacting minds make language: The creative forces behind homesign, sign languages, and all human communication

… talks by:

• Madeline Quam (UConn Psychology), Diane Brentari and Marie Coppola. Lexical conventionalization requires a community of primary users, communicative interactions are not enough
• Jenny Lu, Diane Lillo-Martin, Diane Brentari and Susan Goldin-Meadow. Not all points are the same from a child’s eyes
• Matthew Hall (post-doc 2013-17, now at UMass Dartmouth), Taye Hallock, Stephanie De Anda, Bobbie Jo Kite and Julie Mitchiner. “Not good enough”, or just “not enough”? Quality and quantity of signed input in DHH children from hearing families
• Kaj Kraus, Shengyun Gu, Diane Lillo-Martin and Deborah Chen Pichler (PhD 2001, now at Gallaudet University). L2 Signer Accent: Phonological Development in ASL Learners

… and posters by:

• Elena Koulidobrova (PhD 2012, now at Central Connecticut State University) and Deborah Chen Pichler. In the beginning there was… Initial communicative systems and language deprivation through the lens of Crip Linguistics
• Shengyun Gu. What a combined method reveals: H2 spread in Shanghai Sign Language
• Kadir Gökgöz (post-doc 2014-16, now at Boğaziçi University). Production of Complex Motion Events and Age of Acquisition Effects in Turkish Sign Language (TİD)
• Kathryn Davidson (post-doc 2011-2013, now at Harvard University), Annemarie Kocab and Dorothy Ahn. Embracing optionality: pragmatic constraints on loci
• Shengyun Gu. Weak hand classifier verbs in Shanghai Sign Language: a typology of person agreement

The 15th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition conference (GALA 15), held on 22–24 September 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany. UConn linguistics will be represented at the conference by the following presentations:

• Evan Zysman and William Snyder. A Parametric Connection between VP Ellipsis and Yes/No Questions
• Kangzheng Gao. Applying Constraint Demotion algorithm to parameter-setting
• Shuyan Wang (PhD 2022, now at Rutgers University). Processing limits can delay children’s computation of scalar implicatures (poster)
• Karina Bertolino (PhD 2020, now at University of São Paulo). Spontaneous production of generic null subjects in a partial null subject language (poster)

The 13th Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia (GLOW in Asia XIII) Online Special will be held online August 4-7, 2022, hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. UConn linguistics will be well represented at the conference with a plenary talk by:

• Željko Bošković. On wh and subject positions and the EPP

… main session talks by:

• Norio Nasu, Takayuki Akimoto, Koji Shimamura (PhD 2018, now at Kanazawa Gakuin University and Kobe City University of Foreign Studies), and Yusuke Yoda. The Categorial Status of Embedded Questions in Japanese
• Shuki Otani and Yuta Tatsumi (PhD 2021, now at Meikai University). Light nouns and extraction from null clausal arguments
• Shengyun Gu. H2 spread in Shanghai Sign Language: mapping syntax to phonology
• Penelope Daniel. Deriving person-based differential argument marking in Ik
• Myung-Kwan Park (PhD 1994, now at Dongguk University). The Placement of WHY and Intervention & Superiority

… and flash talks by:

• Marcin Dadan (PhD 2019, now at University of Iowa). Labelers and anti-labelers: Clitics and Second Position
• Hiromune Oda (PhD 2021, now at University of Tokyo). Large-scale Pied-piping in the Labeling Theory and Conditions on Weak Heads
• Yusuke Yagi. Definite Description for Tenses: More Analogy Between Pronouns and Tenses
• Akihiko Arano. On the locality of A-scrambling in Japanese
• Tarcisio Dias. Hyper-raising and the subject position in Brazilian Portuguese

The conference will also include a one day Workshop on Workspace, MERGE, and Labelling (August 7), with a keynote address by:

• Mamoru Saito (UConn and Notre Dame Seishin University). Two Notes on the Unification of NP-movement and Control by Form Copy

… and a talk by:

• Adrian Stegovec. The third way: Optional object reordering as ambiguous labeling resolution

The 4th International Conference on Sign Language Acquisition (ICSLA 4) hosted by Boston University, will take place virtually on June 23-25, 2022. UConn will be well represented at the conference with presentations by:

• L. Viola Kozak, Shengyun Gu, Deborah Chen Pichler (PhD 2001, now at Gallaudet University) and Diane Lillo-Martin. Phonological Development in ASL Signing Children: Comparing Approaches to Scoring a Pseudosign Repetition Task
• Deborah Chen Pichler and Helen Koulidobrova (PhD 2012, now at Central Connecticut State University). Effects of reversibility and animacy on constituent order in beginner M2L2 signing 
• Kaj Kraus, Taylor Chumley, Mary Cecilia Conte, Martin Dale-Hench, Tayla Newman and Deborah Chen Pichler. Character vs. observer: Revisiting viewpoint in M2L2 signer narratives (POSTER)
• Ronice Müller de Quadros, Marilyn Mafra Klamt, Pamela Perniss and Diane Lillo-Martin. Visual cohesion in Coda multimodal productions (POSTER)

The 31st annual meeting of Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL 31) hosted by McMaster University in a hybrid mode is taking place on June 24-26. UConn linguistics will be well represented with presentations by:

• Željko Bosković. Wh & wh Coordinations
• Sandra Stjepanović (PhD 1999, now at West Virginia University). Left Branch Extraction and Agreement with Hybrid Nouns (POSTER)
• Miloje Despić (PhD 2011, now at Cornell University). Nominal Ellipsis of Hybrid Nouns in Serbian
• Beccy Lewis. Associative plurals in Slavic languages
• Danil Khristov, Artur Stepanov (PhD 2001, now at University of Nova Gorica), Julie Franck & Penka Stateva (PhD 2002, now at University of Nova Gorica). Feature Assignment Errors in the Bulgarian Quantified Noun Phrase (POSTER)

… as well as an invited talk by:

• Neda Todorović (PhD 2016, now at University of British Columbia). What are(n’t) we asking with a (negative) polar question in Serbian?