The 29th edition of the LFG Proceedings were published with Miriam Butt as one of the editors, featuring several Konstanz contributions (we had quite a busy time at the LFG conference in Ghana!) as well as that of one of our vistors last year. More publications can & will follow.

Happy Term Break ☀️ We will continue sharing updates, events and publications until summer term starts in April. (Yes, we know, most of our students will hibernate in the library working on their term papers, but hey, the semester is over!) #unikonstanz #linguistics #linguistik

Dr University Cat, PhD was caught napping at work last week. He’s still our employee of the month, though. #unikonstanz #linguistics #FachbereichLinguistik

Can you believe the semester is already over? 😰 For our last research colloquium, our very own Angelika Golegos will give a talk entitled “Anaphora resolution in primary school children”. 6th Feb 2025 / 11:45 am Room G307 or via Zoom See you there 👋 #unikonstanz #linguistics

📄 Widera, Carmen. 2024. On the Syntax of Impersonal Constructions in French and Portuguese – the Use of Expletive Pronouns in Null and Non Null Subject Languages [Dissertation]. Konstanz: Universität Konstanz. (available online) (4/4)

This week, we have a guest who cam all the way from Senegal for our research colloquium🇸🇳Mamadou Bassene (Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar) will give a talk entitled “Consonant harmony in child language: A case study”. 30th Jan / 11:45 am / Room G307 or via Zoom See you there!

(2/2) Tianyi Zhao who already took part in the first project phase, will be working on the extension project as well. . #unikonstanz #linguistics #linguistik #DepartmentOfLinguistics #FachbereichLinguistik

Two members of the department gave talks at the Workshop Theory of Mind across the lifespan and its relation to language, 10th-11th Dec: Anna Czypionka gave a talk entitled “First-and second-order Theory of Mind skills in neurotypical children and adults”. (2/2) #unikonstanz

RT @tamarathcke: A new paper out! I never thought I would publish in Nature Biology but common misconceptions of #speech #rhythm urged me t…

For our research colloquium this week, Alfred Lameli (Phillipps Universität Marburg) will give a talk entitled “Consonant clusters in German dialects. Modelling phonotactic structures in monosyllabic words”. 23rd Jan 2025 / 11:45 am / Room G307 or via Zoom See you there 👋

Are you struggling as a student? The University of Konstanz is here to help! We put together a video featuring all the ways our university can help you. Watch it on Facebook, Instagram or here on YouTube: #de... Any questions? Send us a message!

Remember to sign up for ALL your exams TODAY! . #unikonstanz #linguistics #linguistik #DepartmentOfLinguistics #FachbereichLinguistik

For our research colloquium this week, Petra Hendriks (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) will give a talk entitled “Pronoun interpretation in bilingual acquisition”. 16th Jan 2025 / 11:45 am / Room G307 or via Zoom is possible. See you there 👋 #unikonstanz #FachbereichLinguistik

Dr. Widera is taking her seminar «Linguistic Landscaping: French & multilingualism in public spaces» on an excursion to Fribourg today. They’ll visit the Institute of Multilingualism and collect data on Fribourg's linguistic landscape. (Project funded by Teaching Innovation Fund)

Change of plans: This week’s research colloquium will NOT be about “Adjectives”. Instead, George Walkden from our department will give a talk entitled “Prolegomena to a theory of silence”. The date, time and place haven’t changed. See you there 👋 #unikonstanz #linguistik