The 9th Cambridge Comparative Syntax Conference Part II
Event Information
Event description
The CamCoS 9, Part II conference is held on 19th and 20th January 2021 in honour of Prof. Anders Holmberg’s retirement
About this event
CamCoS (short for Cambridge Comparative Syntax) is an explicitly comparatively oriented syntax conference. This celebratory event runs over two days and features both invited and peer-reviewed speakers as well as poster presentations.
The topic is: 'Where is the variation: syntax or PF?'
For more details about the conference series, visit the website here
Conference schedule over the two days:
Day One
January 19th 2021
Chair: Karen Corrigan
- Murdhy Alshamari (University of Ha'il) - Contrastive Focus particles, CF-chain interpretation and multiple agreement in North Hail dialect of Arabic.
- Laura Bailey (University of Kent) - Explaining microvariation in P-dropping varieties.
- Qi Wang (Wuhan University) - Bound words and the structure of Chinese proper names.
Chair: Martha Young-Scholten
Day Two
January 20th 2021
Chair: Karen Corrigan
Chair: Martha Young-Scholten
- Ali Agryani (Dhofar University) - On the Syntax of Jibbali Sluicing.
- Makiko Mukai (University of Kochi) - Merging compounds.
▣ 3 - 5 p.m: Social event.
