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 |
