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Workshop on the occasion of William Miki Thorsen’s PhD defence

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Tidspunkt

Onsdag 9. oktober 2024,  kl. 11:15 - 16:30

Sted

1481-366

--- The program has been updated slightly: https://tildeweb.au.dk/au572/PhD_workshop_WMT_program.pdf ---

Dear all.

Workshop on the occasion of William Miki Thorsen’s PhD defence.

On Tuesday October 8, William Miki Thorsen will defend his PhD dissertation Negative polarity items in Danish and English: Syntax, semantics, and acceptability (https://cc.au.dk/en/news-and-events/events/event/artikel/phd-defence-william-miki-thorsen).

The day after, on Wednesday October 9, 11:15-16:30, in room 1481-366, there will be a workshop on syntax and semantics.

 Program:

11:15-11:20

Welcome

11:20-12:05

Johan Brandler (& David Håkansson): Subject placement in Swedish - a corpus study in variation

12:15-13:00

Kasper Boye: Defining grammaticalization and deconstructing the lexical-grammatical continuum

13:00-13:45

Lunch

13:45-14-30

Anne Mette Nyvad & Ken Ramshøj Christensen: Alternative agreement in Danish – mismatch or grammar?

14:40-15:25

Sten Vikner: VP-internal subjects and binding in fronted DPs/VPs in Danish/English

15:35-16:20

Doug Saddy: TBA

 

Participation is free and open to all.