LiSLab Tea

What

LiSLab Tea is a talk series on issues related to fundamental questions in semantic/pragmatic theory. Drinking tea during the session is encouraged.

When and where

Weekly on Tuesdays 3:30-4:30pm

Location: BU Linguistics Seminar Room (135)
Remote participants are welcome to join on Zoom so long as they simultaneously indulge in a cup of tea.

Schedule for Fall 2026

Date Title Speaker(s)
Sep 22 Welcome session: introductions
Sep 29 Familiarity as a special case of uniqueness Elizabeth Coppock
Oct 6 Wh-alternatives and focus alternatives for wh-indefinites Minghui Qiu
Oct 13 No talk due to BU Monday
Oct 20 Polydefinites in Greek with only and same Vasilis Michos
Oct 27
Nov 3
Nov 10 Thùuk passives in Thai Danutham Worapipat
Nov 17
Nov 24 Transparent predicates cannot take opaque arguments Paul Meisenbichler (MIT)
Dec 1 Shared relations and the acceptability of bare nouns in Akan Rebecca Bonney
Dec 8 On reduplication and distributivity Romi Hill