Syntax-Semantics-Group

Syntax Semantics Group 21/09: Emma Custer “Long-distance allomorphy in Pulaar is locally conditioned.”

The Syntax-Semantics Group will hold its next meeting on Monday, September21st, at 1-2pm in Room 002 of the McGill linguistics department, 1085 Dr. Penfield. Online participants can join with this zoom link.  Emma Custer (McGill) will be presenting “Long-distance allomorphy in Pulaar is locally conditioned.” Here is the abstract: A question actively debated within the Distributed Morphology…
September 20, 2026
Syntax-Semantics-Group

Syntax Semantics Group 14/09: Austin Kraft “Partitives in Javanese.”

The Syntax-Semantics Group will hold its next meeting on Monday, September14th, at 1-2pm in Room 002 of the McGill linguistics department, 1085 Dr. Penfield. Online participants can join with this zoom link.  Austin Kraft (McGill) will be presenting “Partitives in Javanese." Here is the abstract: I present a new account for why partitives in Javanese (Austronesian) yield a different interpretation than partitive counterparts in languages like English. Constructions…
September 13, 2026