Conference description:

Subjecthood is a complex and much debated term without a universally accepted definition. The existence of expletives, arguably also in null subject languages, the subject-predicate distinction, and the interaction with the topic-comment and focus-background pairs turn the debate into an extremely variegated and highly interesting one. Researchers from different theoretical frameworks will discuss subjects, topics, and foci, covering areas such as pronominal subjects, subject expression, word order, subject placement, and interactions with other linguistic features.

University of Osnabrück, Kolpingstraße 7, Building 01/E01, Lecture rooms 1 and 2
September 19th – 23rd, 2023

Keynote speakers
Matthew S. Dryer (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Jacqueline Guéron (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III)
Hubert Haider (Paris-Lodron Universität, Salzburg)
Marianne Mithun (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Cecilia Poletto (Goethe Universität, Frankfurt a.M.; Università degli Studi di Padova)
Luigi Rizzi (Università degli Studi di Siena & Collège de France, Paris)
Peter Svenonius (The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø)
Juan Uriagereka (University of Maryland)

Organizers: Valentin Rose, Elisa Maria Stellino & Yves D’hulst
Contact us at: tfs@uos.de
Registration and further details at: https://sites.google.com/view/tfs-osnabrueck/home