10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Wilson Hall 523
Psycholinguistics Group
Myrto Grigorogloun (postdoc, OISE): "Informativeness in children's event descriptions."
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Syntax Group
Julianne Doner (Ph.D.): "Looking for predicate-EPP languages."
There is a class of predicate EPP languages characterized by a high defective T. This class of languages includes Irish, Inuktitut, and Niuean. This high defective T results in the following properties: (a) they lack non-finite clauses, (b) T is merged with C and precedes the verb, (c) they have defective tense morphology, and (d) they lack a definiteness contrast. I will also discuss three other languages which partially pattern with the predicate-EPP languages (Gitksan, Mazahua, and Mandarin), whether they can be classified as predicate-EPP languages, and the consequences for refining the description of the characteristics of predicate-EPP.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Fieldwork Group
TBA
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