We are pleased to announce a series of five lectures by Prof. Matilde Marcolli. The lectures will be based on three recent papers by Matilde co-authored with Bob Berwick and Noam Chomsky. The talks will be hybrid. Contact Amir Anvari for any questions.
Title: Mathematical Structure of Syntactic Merge: An Algebraic Model for Generative Linguistics
Abstract: This series of lectures is based on work in collaboration with Noam Chomsky and Robert Berwick. The main goal is to present a mathematical formulation of Chomsky’s theory of Merge and the Strong Minimalist Thesis, and show how various aspects of the theory fall naturally into place in terms of the algebraic structure. We will discuss how one can think, in this light, about Externalization, about the difference between older forms of Minimalism and the new SMT, and about the interface between syntax and semantics.
Papers: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.06189], [https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.10270], [https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18278]
Times and Locations:
- Monday 11th of December: Room 32-D461, Time 12-1:30pm
- Tuesday 12th of December: Room 32-D831, Time 1-2:30pm
- Wednesday 13th of December: Room 32-D461, Time 10-11:30am
- Thursday 14th of December: Room 32-D461, Time 1-2:30pm
- Friday 15th of December: Room 32-D461, Time 1-2:30pm
Please note the differences, both in time and location, of the lectures on different days.