{"id":685,"date":"2026-01-16T17:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/?page_id=685"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:42:21","slug":"lislab-tea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/lislab-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"LiSLab Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"

What<\/h3>\n

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

When and where<\/h3>\n

Weekly on Tuesdays 2:15-3:15pm<\/p>\n

Location: BU Linguistics Seminar Room (135)
\nRemote participants are welcome to join on Zoom<\/a> so long as they simultaneously indulge in a cup of tea.<\/p>\n

Schedule for Spring 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nSpeaker(s)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan 27<\/td>\nInaugural session + What I did on my sabbatical
\n(Or: “Unifying dependent-indefinite and independent-universal reduplicated numerals in Newar”)<\/td>\n		Elizabeth Coppock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 3<\/td>\nVoice-mismatch reciprocals in Indonesian as binary predicate conjunction<\/td>\nElizabeth Coppock, Romi Hill, and Neil Myler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 10<\/td>\nErsu degree constructions (dissertation update)<\/td>\nYing Gong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 17 (T)<\/span><\/td>\nNo talk due to BU Monday — meeting shifted to Thursday<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 19 (R)<\/td>\nAn Agreement-interpretation puzzle concerning Indo-European fraction partitives<\/td>\nCooper Roberts (MIT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 24<\/span><\/td>\nNo meeting due to snow day<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 3<\/td>\nSemantic and pragmatic restrictions on polydefinites in Greek<\/td>\nVasilis Michos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 10<\/span><\/td>\nNo meeting due to spring break<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 17<\/td>\nOn the Thai passive morpheme thuuk<\/em><\/td>\nDanutham Worapipat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 24<\/td>\nPositionals in O’dam: Assertion vs. Presupposition<\/td>\nEthan Rogers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 31<\/span><\/td>\nMeeting postponed due to illness<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 7<\/td>\nGrammar and arithmetic<\/td>\nElizabeth Coppock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 14<\/td>\nMandarin mei<\/em> with and without dou<\/em><\/td>\nLemin Gao (U Chicago)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 21<\/td>\nBenefactives and the Ontology of Thematic Roles<\/td>\nMike Everdell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 28<\/td>\nTesting whether bare nouns in Akan require a shared functional relation<\/td>\nRebecca Bonney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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