We are excited to invite you to a series of workshops culminating in a public lecture from this year’s Randolph Quirk Fellow, Prof. Veneeta Dayal (Yale University).
details including zoom links etc at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguistics/events/randolph-quirk-fellowship/
The details for the workshops are as follows:
20th May: Workshop #1 - Demonstrative to Definite, What Changes and What Stays the Same
21st May: Workshop #2 - Demonstratives, Definites, Bare Nouns: What Competes with What
22nd May: Workshop #3 - (In)definiteness in Article-less Languages and Article Use in New Englishes
Each of the hybrid workshops takes place from 14:00 to 16:00 both in ArtsTwo 2.17 and online via Zoom. Please follow links at this year’s dedicated page (link above) for more details, including information about Zoom access.
The details for the public lecture are as follows:
23rd May 14:00 – 15:30: Optional Plural Marking in General Number Systems and the Effects of Animacy Restrictions
The public lecture takes place in the Maths Building Lecture Theatre, and online via Zoom. The lecture will be followed by a reception until 16:30 with drinks and snacks provided.
We are excited to invite the wider linguistics community to these workshops, as well as the wider public to the final lecture. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch!
