Keynote Speakers

Michal Starke

Michal Starke received his PhD in 2001 from the University of Geneva (CH) and is currently Professor at Masaryk University, Brno (CZ). His research focuses on the implications of grammatical patterns for the modular architecture of the language faculty. He is the founder of the nanosyntactic framework, in which morphemes, rather than being the input to the syntax, interpret its output, obliterating the century-old debate about the primacy of morphemes versus words. Dr. Starke is also the initiator of the Eastern-European Generative Grammar summer school, which has been running for 25 years and has become an institution in the field. He also initiated and maintains the online open-access archive Lingbuzz, since 2000 an indispensable resource for knowledge dissemination in the field.

Lisa Levinson

Lisa Levinson received her PhD in 2007 from New York University and is currently on the faculty of the Linguistics Department at the University of Michigan, serving as a Lecturer III and Director of Undergraduate Research Experiences. Prior to moving to Michigan in 2019, she was an Associate Professor with tenure at Oakland University, where she joined the faculty in 2007. Her research focuses on morphosemantics and psycholinguistics, in particular with regard to the meaning and argument structure of verbs. Her work is characterized by the three-way balancing act between experimental (psycho- and neurolinguistic) work, a formally explicit semantics and a meticulous morphosyntactic realism. She has published in multiple volumes as well as the top-tier journals 'Syntax' and 'Natural Language and Linguistic Theory’.

Will Oxford

Will Oxford received his PhD in 2014 from the University of Toronto and is Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba. His primary research interest is complex agreement systems and their implications for theories of sentence structure, with a particular focus on crosslinguistic variation and diachronic change. He examines these issues through the lens of the Algonquian languages of North America, conducting fieldwork on Innu-aimun, Odawa, Oji-Cree, and Swampy Cree. He has published in the leading journals 'Language', 'Linguistic Inquiry', and 'Natural Language and Linguistic Theory', and in two handbooks of Indigenous languages. He also has experience in descriptive and community-oriented projects, including Innu dictionaries, and he recently spearheaded the creation of the online Database of Algonquian Language Structures.

Nancy Kula

Nancy Kula received her PhD from the University of Leiden (NL) in 2002 and is currently professor at the University of Essex (UK). Her research centrally focuses on Bantu languages, particularly on phonology butalso on the phonology-syntax interface and morphosyntax. She has worked on many topics in phonologyincluding nasalization, palatalization, spirantization, vowel harmony, strength relations, segmental structure,syllable structure, derived environments, licensing, tone, intonation and Element Theory. She has published ininternational journals including 'Phonology', 'The Linguistic Review', 'Lingua', 'Transactions of The PhilologicalSociety', 'Linguistic Analysis', and is a co-editor of The Continuum/Bloomsbury Companion to Phonology(2011/2013).

<h1>Keynote Speakers</h1><h2>Michal Starke</h2><p>Michal
Starke received his PhD in 2001 from the University of Geneva (CH) and is
currently Professor at Masaryk University,
Brno (CZ). His research focuses on the implications of grammatical patterns for
the modular architecture
of the language faculty. He is the founder of the nanosyntactic framework, in
which morphemes, rather
than being the input to the syntax, interpret its output, obliterating the
century-old debate about the primacy
of morphemes versus words. Dr. Starke is also the initiator of the
Eastern-European Generative Grammar summer
school, which has been running for 25 years and has become an institution in
the field. He also
initiated and maintains the online open-access archive Lingbuzz, since 2000 an
indispensable resource for knowledge
dissemination in the field.</p><h2>Lisa Levinson</h2><p>Lisa
Levinson received her PhD in 2007 from New York University and is currently on
the faculty of the Linguistics
Department at the University of Michigan, serving as a Lecturer III and
Director of Undergraduate Research
Experiences. Prior to moving to Michigan in 2019, she was an Associate
Professor with tenure at Oakland
University, where she joined the faculty in 2007. Her research focuses on
morphosemantics and psycholinguistics,
in particular with regard to the meaning and argument structure of verbs. Her
work is characterized
by the three-way balancing act between experimental (psycho- and
neurolinguistic) work, a formally
explicit semantics and a meticulous morphosyntactic realism. She has published
in multiple volumes as well
as the top-tier journals 'Syntax' and 'Natural Language and Linguistic Theory’.</p><h2>Will Oxford</h2><p>Will
Oxford received his PhD in 2014 from the University of Toronto and is Associate
Professor at the University
of Manitoba. His primary research interest is complex agreement systems and
their implications for theories
of sentence structure, with a particular focus on crosslinguistic variation and
diachronic change. He examines
these issues through the lens of the Algonquian languages of North America,
conducting fieldwork on Innu-aimun,
Odawa, Oji-Cree, and Swampy Cree. He has published in the leading journals
'Language', 'Linguistic Inquiry',
and 'Natural Language and Linguistic Theory', and in two handbooks of Indigenous
languages. He also has
experience in descriptive and community-oriented projects, including Innu
dictionaries, and he recently spearheaded
the creation of the online Database of Algonquian Language Structures.</p><h2>Nancy Kula</h2><p>Nancy Kula received her PhD from the
University of Leiden (NL) in 2002 and is currently professor at the University of Essex (UK). Her research
centrally focuses on Bantu languages, particularly on phonology butalso on the phonology-syntax interface
and morphosyntax. She has worked on many topics in phonologyincluding nasalization, palatalization,
spirantization, vowel harmony, strength relations, segmental structure,syllable structure, derived
environments, licensing, tone, intonation and Element Theory. She has published
ininternational journals including
'Phonology', 'The Linguistic Review', 'Lingua', 'Transactions of The
PhilologicalSociety', 'Linguistic Analysis', and is
a co-editor of The Continuum/Bloomsbury Companion to Phonology(2011/2013).</p>

<h1>Conférencier·ère·s invité·e·s</h1><h2>Michal Starke</h2><p>Michal Starke a obtenu son doctorat de
l’Université de Genève (Suisse) en 2001 et est actuellement professeur à
l’Université Masaryk de Brno (République Tchèque). Ses recherches portent sur
les implications des patrons grammaticaux pour l’architecture modulaire de la
faculté du langage. Il est le fondateur de la nanosyntaxe, dans laquelle les
morphèmes, plutôt que d’être les intrants de la syntaxe, interprètent ses
extrants, mettant de sorte fin au débat sur l’unité centrale de la morphologie vieux
de plus d’un siècle. Michal Starke est aussi à l’origine de l’école d’été <em>Eastern
Generative Grammar</em>(EGG), qui a lieu chaque année (hormis celui-ci) depuis
25 ans et qui est devenue une institution à part entière. Qui plus est, il est
l’instigateur de LingBuzz, l’archive libre de publications linguistiques en
ligne qui est devenue une ressource indispensable pour le partage de savoir
dans le domaine depuis sa création en l’an 2000.</p>

<h2>Lisa Levinson</h2><p>Lisa Levinson a obtenu son doctorat en 2007
de l’Université de New York et fait aujourd’hui partie de la faculté du
département de linguistique de l’Université du Michigan en tant que <em>Lecturer
III</em> et directrice des recherches expérimentales de premier cycle. Avant
d’emménager au Michigan en 2019, elle exerçait la fonction de professeure associée
puis de professeure titulaire à l’Université d’Oakland qu’elle avait intégrée en
2007. Ses recherches se concentrent sur la morphosémantique et la
psycholinguistique, en particulier en lien avec le sens et la structure
argumentale des verbes. Ses travaux sont caractérisés par un balancement
tripartite entre procédures expérimentales (psycho- et neurolinguistique), sémantique
explicite sur le plan formel, et réalisme morphosyntaxique méticuleux. Ses
travaux ont été publiés dans de multiples volumes ainsi que dans les revues
renommées <em>Syntax</em> et <em>Natural Language and Linguistic Theory</em>.</p><h2>Will Oxford</h2><p>Will Oxford a obtenu son doctorat en 2014 à
l’Université de Toronto et est professeur associé à l’Université du Manitoba.
Ses recherches portent principalement sur les systèmes d’accord complexes et
leurs implications sur les théories de la structure clausale, avec une
attention particulière à la variation interlinguistique et aux processus de
changement diachronique. Sa perspective sur ces questions prend racine dans l'étude des langues algonquiennes et ses recherches de terrain avec des locuteur·trice·s de
l’innu-aimun, de l’odawa, de l’oji-cri et du cri des marais. Il a tour à tour publié
dans les prestigieuses revues <em>Language</em>, <em>Linguistic Inquiry</em>, et <em>Natural
Language and Linguistic Theory</em>, en plus de contribuer à deux recueils sur
les langues autochtones d’Amérique du Nord. Les travaux d’Oxford comportent également
une dimension descriptive ancrée dans la revitalisation linguistique et
orientée sur les communautés, comme en témoignent ses contributions à plusieurs
dictionnaires de l’innu-aimun et son rôle déterminant dans la création de la Base
de données des structures linguistiques algonquiennes en ligne (<em>Database of
Algonquian Language Structures</em>).</p>

<h2>Nancy Kula</h2><p>Nancy Kula a obtenu son doctorat de l’Université
de Leiden (Pays-Bas) en 2002 et est présentement professeure à l’Université d’Essex
(Royaume-Uni). Ses recherches portent principalement sur les langues bantoues,
plus spécifiquement sur leur phonologie mais également sur l’interface syntaxe-phonologie
et sur la morphosyntaxe. Nasalisation, palatalisation, spiratisation, harmonie
vocalique, asymétrie des relations intersegmentales, structure segmentale, structure
syllabique, environnements dérivés, licenciement, ton, intonation et théorie
des éléments font également partie de ses champs de recherche. Elle a publié dans
diverses revues internationales telles que <em>Phonology</em>, <em>The Linguistic
Review</em>, <em>Lingua</em>, <em>Transactions of The Philological Society</em>, et <em>Linguistic
Analysis</em>, et est coéditrice de <em>The Continuum/Bloomsbury Companion to
Phonology</em>(2011/2013).</p>