15th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop

University of Groningen, May 2000

Program

Thursday, May 25

18:00-20:00, Reception, Harmoniegebouw, Oude Kijk In't Jatstraat 26

Friday, May 26, Senaatskamer, Academy Building, Broerstraat 5

Saturday, May 27
9:15-9:30 Opening
9:30-10:30 Anders Holmberg
University of Tromsø		 V2 languages
Invited lecture
10:30-11:05 Malte Zimmermann
University of Amsterdam		 On the syntax of each and jeweils: a comparative study of binominal elements in German and English
Abstract
break
11:20-11:55 Marcel den Dikken
CUNY		 (Null) pronouns and (null) agreement
Abstract
11:55-12:30 Markus Steinbach
University of Mainz		 Reflexive pronouns in middles and related constructions
Abstract
lunch break
14:00-14:35 Eric Haeberli
University of Geneva		 The relation between the loss of V2 and the loss of empty expletives in the history of English
Abstract
14:35-15:10 Øystein Nilsen
Utrecht University		 Verb raisers, verb second, and Holmberg's Generalization
Abstract
break
15:25-16:00 Olaf Koeneman
Utrecht University		 The distribution of declarative verb second in Germanic
Abstract
16:00-16:35 Gisbert Fanselow &
Artemis Alexiadou
Potsdam & ZAS		 On the correlation between morphology and syntax: the case of V-to-I
Abstract
16:35-17:10 Øystein Vangsnes
University of Tromsø		 Scandinavian infinitivals and the AGR parameter
Abstract

Saturday, May 27, Oude Boteringestraat 19

Friday, May 26
9:30-10:30 Marga Reis
University of Tübingen		 Integrated Parenthetical Constructions and Wh-Movement
Invited lecture
10:30-11:05 Eric Hoekstra
Frisian Academy		 A structure based analysis of morphosyntactic regularities in language contact
Abstract
break
11:20-11:55 Jeroen van
Craenenbroeck
University of Leiden		 Microvariation in the Dutch complementizer system: new data from Flemish
Abstract
11:55-12:30 Line Mikkelsen
UC Santa Cruz		 Expletive subjects in subject relative clauses
Abstract
lunch break
14:00-14:35 Jason Merchant
Northwestern University		 On the behavior of PPs under sluicing in Germanic
Abstract
14:35-15:10 Susi Wurmbrand
McGill & Concordia		 Syntactic vs. semantic control
Abstract
break
15:25-16:00 Roland Hinterhölzl
Humboldt University		 Parametric Variation and Scrambling in English
Abstract
16:00-16:35 Jan Koster
University of Groningen		 Symmetry and antisymmetry in Germanic syntax
Abstract
break
16:45-17:45 Richard Kayne
New York University		 Toward an understanding of Condition C effects
Invited lecture

Alternates:

  • Franny Hsiao MIT
    Word Order Variation in Germanic Verb Clusters--the distinction between functional and lexical verbs
    Abstract
  • Arild Hestvik, Helge Nordby, Geir Karlsen, and Ninni Pedersen University of Bergen
    Processing Evidence for Differences between Deep and Surface Anaphora in Germanic Languages
    Abstract
  • John te Velde Oklahoma State University
    Phases in the Derivation of Elliptical Coordinate Constructions in Germanic
    Abstract
  • Gosse Bouma University of Groningen
    Solving Bech's Problem without Movement or Deletion
    Abstract

Last modified: February 28, 2000