about

S-Circle is an informal forum for the discussion and presentation of new research in syntax, semantics, and their interconnections.

time

Fridays, 1:30–3:00 pm

place

Linguistics Common Room
Stevenson College
(and virtually, via Zoom)

coordinators

Yagmur Kiper
Roumyana Pancheva

other quarters

fall 2022, winter 2023
fall 2021, spring 2022
fall 2020, winter 2021, spring 2021
fall 2019, spring 2020
fall 2018, winter 2019, spring 2019
fall 2017, winter 2018, spring 2018
fall 2016, winter 2017, spring 2017
fall 2015, winter 2016, spring 2016
fall 2014, winter 2015

University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Linguistics

winter 2024

 

January 12
'welcome back' meeting

January 19
Natasha Korotkova (Utrecht)
To li or not to li: A close look on polar questions in Russian

January 26 (1-2:30pm)
Jess Law and Ying Liu
Unifying SFP de and verbal de in Mandarin: an evidential approach

March 8
Aidan Katson
Clause size asymmetries in noun complement clauses

March 11 (10:30-11:30am in 217)
Yaqing Cao
Modals and negations LF-PF (mis)matches in English and Mandarin
Niko Webster
Verbal material is not needed for argument structure; evidence from Korean