This past weekend, April 26-28, the 27th Workshop on Structure and Constituency in Languages of the Americas (WSCLA 27) was hosted at the University of Toronto. Several current and former MIT linguists presented at the conference:
- Peter Grishin (Postdoc, PhD 2023): The Syntax and Semantics of Passamaquoddy-Wolastoqey modals
- Line Mikkelsen, Emily Clem, Michelle Yuan (PhD 2018), and Ellen Thrane (unaffiliated): Apparent Cross-Clausal Agreement with Obliques in Kalaallisut is Prolepsis
- James Crippen (McGill) and Jessica Coon (PhD 2010): Linguistics for Indigenous Language Study: A Course in Development
Marta Donazzan, Hamida Demirdache (PhD 1991), Ana Lucia Müller, and Hongyuan Sun: On the Interpretation and Analysis of Covert Tense: Evidence from Karitiana