https://yalelingevent.github.io/synrg/Syntax Reading Group at Yale Linguistics. 2026-08-03T08:20:13-04:00 Yale Lingusitics graduate students https://yalelingevent.github.io/synrg/ Jekyll © 2026 Yale Lingusitics graduate students /synrg/assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /synrg/assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-04-17T10:30:00-04:00 2026-08-03T08:19:27-04:00 https://yalelingevent.github.io/synrg/posts/26S-Tamar-Mattis/ Tamar-MattisSquid0

2026-04-10T10:30:00-04:00 2026-08-03T08:19:27-04:00 https://yalelingevent.github.io/synrg/posts/26S-ManowangGump/ ManowangGump0

This talk provides a uniform analysis to clausal ellipsis with the discourse particles e.g., fragments in Thai and sluicing in Colloquial Singaporean English (Singlish), as in (1-2) respectively. (1) Thai A: nákrian kamlaŋ rian sinthɛks student PROG read syntax 'The students are studying Syntax.' B1: simɛntiks tàːŋhàːk (khâ) semantics FOC.contrastive (POL.F) B2:...

2026-04-03T10:30:00-04:00 2026-08-03T08:19:27-04:00 https://yalelingevent.github.io/synrg/posts/26S-BenzJohanna/ BenzJohanna0

In the study of derivational morphology, multiply derived words are particularly informative regarding the connection between their morphosyntactic structure and their interpretation. For example, in German, three different kinds of preverbal elements (prefixes, particles, resultatives) behave differently in verbs and in nominalizations: there are restrictions on which preverbal can co-occur, w...

2026-03-27T10:30:00-04:00 2026-08-03T08:19:27-04:00 https://yalelingevent.github.io/synrg/posts/26S-BrodkinDan/ BrodkinDan1

The goal of this talk is to push forward our understand of the A-A’ divide by studying an exceptional type of movement to the edge of the phase. In Mandar, an Austronesian language of Indonesia, I show that there is a subject position just above the extended VP that typically attracts the closest Caseless DP. Breaking from the usual rules of A-locality, however, the probe that drives this movem...

2026-03-06T10:30:00-05:00 2026-03-06T10:30:00-05:00 https://yalelingevent.github.io/synrg/posts/26S-HeXuehuai/ HeXuehuai0

In this talk, I argue that the Finnish -ta/-tä/-ti verbal morphology, traditionally called the “impersonal passive”, is neither inherently passive nor impersonal, but instead realizes an active Voice head that selects either a null impersonal pronoun (nip) or a referential first-person plural subject. Crucially, the same morphology can induce an active, first-person plural reading when combined...