SYNTAX READING GROUP: [UPDATED: APRIL 11, 2007]

The Syntax Reading Group is a circle for students and linguists here in Cyprus to get together regularly and discuss interesting issues in current syntactic theory. If/When I find the time, I will post a proper manifesto and update this page a little. For the time being, some basic info on the What and When.

Starting February 8, we'll be meeting every Thursday from around 10.15 to 11.45am in the conference room of the UCY Department of English Studies (M 105, first floor) during the semester period -- at least until April 26 to present and discuss our own research.

Our schedule for spring 2007 looks as follows:

FEB 8

"Binding and Clitics/Agreement in Syntactic Theory"
- informal overview of some issues

  • Kleanthes Grohmann
FEB 15  
  • NO MEETING
FEB 22

"Modal Verbs"
- syntax/semantics/acquisition of modals

  • Marina Iakovou
MAR 1

"Subject-to-Object Raising Constructions in Modern Greek "
- ECM and control issues in Modern Greek

  • Michael Beys
MAR 8

"Grammatical Categories: An Overview and Some Suggestions"
- long discussion on categories, read selections from Baker (2003)

  • Phoevos Panagiotidis
MAR 15

"Grammatical Categories: An Overview and Some Suggestions"
- continued
  • Phoevos Panagiotidis
MAR 22  
  • NO MEETING
MAR 29  
  • NO MEETING
APR 5  
  • NO MEETING
APR 12  
  • NO MEETING
APR 19

"Perception of Bilingualism by Russian Immigrant Pupils and the Possible Influence of L1 on L2"
- contrastive error analysis

  • Svetlana Karpava
APR 26

"T.B.A."
- syntactic theory & sociolinguistic variation

  • Panos Pappas

Participants:

Michael Beys (Ph.D. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Marina Iakovou (Ph.D. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Kleanthes K. Grohmann (Asst. Prof., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Svetlana Karpava (M.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Elena Koursarou (B.A. stud., UCY Dept. of English Studies)
Phoevos Panagiotidis (Asst. Prof., Cyprus College, Dept. of Humanities)
Panos Pappas (Visiting Prof., UCY Dept. of English Studies)