Linguistics Colloquium Series

The Linguistics Colloquium Series is partially funded by the UConn Graduate Student Senate.

Organizers: Heesun Yang & Jiayi Zhou

Name Title Date/Time Room
John Whitman, Cornell University Gayogohonǫʔ (Cayuga) syntax and the dregs of nonconfigurationality October 10, 2025 SHH 112
Ailis Cournane, New York University Word-learning challenges and children’s non-adult behaviours with modal force October 24, 2025 SHH 112
Maria Gouskova, New York University Reduplication Without Syllable Copying October 31, 2025 Online
Wataru Uegaki, University of Edinburgh

Lexicalization, compositionality and communicative efficiency

November 14, 2025 SHH 117
Martina Martinović, McGill University
Finiteness as Maximal Predication
April 3, 2026 SHH 117
Paolo Acquaviva, University College Dublin
Why words?
April 10, 2026 Online
Athulya Aravind, Yale University TBA April 17, 2026 SHH 117
Luis Alonso-Ovalle, McGill University
Hidden structure in the composition of degree DPs
April 24, 2026 Online

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