The Montréal-Ottawa-Toronto-Hamilton Syntax Workshop (MOTH) was be held on April 7 and 8, 2025 at the University of Toronto.

Presentations by McGill students, faculty, and alumni included:

  • George Bennett — “A causative recipe for Scandinavian pancake sentences”
  • Lisa Travis (professor emerita) and Ileana Paul (BA 1991, PhD 2000) — “The features of Voice Restructuring: Evidence from Tagalog and Malagasy”
  • Richard Compton (postdoc 2013-2014) and Joanie Bergeron (UQAM) — “Le statut du marqueur -gaanga- en inuinnaqtun”
Conference participants (from left to right): Susana Béjar (postdoc 2003-2005), Keir Moulton (postdoc 2009-2011), Sam Jambrović (current postdoc), Richard Compton (postdoc 2013-2014), Lisa Travis (professor emerita), Ileana Paul (BA 1991, PhD 2000), and George Bennett [photo credit: Pedro Mateo Pedro]
George presenting “A causative recipe for Scandinavian pancake sentences” [photo credit: Alkım Deniz Sarıkaya]