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Conference | Workshop

Workshop in honour of Elisabeth J. Kerr and Zhen Li

Date
Wednesday 4 September 2024
Time
Address
Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden
Room
2.01

The two PhD candidates in the BaSIS project have finished their PhD theses! The public defence ceremonies are scheduled as follows:

  • Wednesday 4th September 2024, 16h00: Elisabeth J. Kerr – Tunen syntax and information structure (see here)
  • Thursday 5th September 2024, 11h30: Zhen Li – Word order, information structure and agreement in Teke-Kukuya (see here)

In honour of their achievements, we will hold an informal workshop on Wednesday 4th September on syntax, information structure, and Bantu languages, with a preliminary schedule as follows:

10.00-10.30 Jan-Wouter Zwart (University of Groningen)
On externalisation (PF after LF).
10.30-11.00

Anikó Lipták (LUCL)
On some reasons to rob banks.

11.00-11.30  Sjef Barbiers (LUCL)
How to get on X: Three types of SOVX languages.
11.30-12.00 Break
12.00-12.30  Koen Bostoen (Ghent University)
The genealogy and contact history of Kukuya (Bantu, B77a) and its closest Teke relatives: new insights from diachronic phonology.
12.30-13.00 Lutz Marten (SOAS University of London)

 

Registration

Everyone is warmly invited to attend the workshop (and the defences)! Please e-mail Jenneke van der Wal (g.j.van.der.wal@hum.leidenuniv.nl) to indicate if you plan to come to the workshop (in-person or online).

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