CUNY Linguistics Colloquium (September 3, 2026)

We're excited to welcome Professor Chris Collins (NYU) for the first Linguistics Colloquium of the semester!

Sep 3, 2026, 4:15 PM (ET)

Room 9207 or Zoom.

Talk: A Merge-Based Approach to Argument Structure

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuGYUXixDN-7tn_9YlQftyNqC8yDRMWDjYU7OpaVzT1VQtxg/viewform

Title: A Merge-Based Approach to Argument Structure

Abstract: This talk outlines the Merge-based approach to argument structure

developed in Collins 2024 (updating, defending and extending Collins 2005). 

The predictions of the Merge-based theory of implicit arguments will 

be compared to the predictions made by non-Merge based theories.

Collins, Chris. 2024. Principles of Argument Structure: A Merge-Based

Approach. MIT Press, Cambridge.

(More information about the speaker can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gsH996pk)

Book Notice: The Proof in the Code (2026)

Hartnett, Kevin. 2026. The Proof in the Code. Quanta Books.

Merge: Past, Present, and Future (talk on November 6, 2026)

Here is the announcement of my talk about Merge in the Reflections talk series on November 6, 2026. I also paste the registration link for those interested.

Registration

Seminar: Morphology as Syntax (Fall 2026)

Here is the syllabus for my seminar (co-taught with Richie Kayne) this semester (Fall 2026).

Seminar Syllabus (Fall 2026)

Merge is All You Need: An Esquisse of Morphology as Syntax (talk video)

Merge is All You Need: An Esquisse of Morphology as Syntax

YouTube Video

Chris Collins, New York University

August 24, 2026

Syntactic Pathways to Morphology, Online Lecture Series

Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Merge is All You Need: An Esquisse of Morphology as Syntax (talk handout)

 Merge is All You Need: An Esquisse of Morphology as Syntax

handout

Chris Collins, New York University

August 24, 2026

Syntactic Pathways to Morphology, Online Lecture Series

Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Syntax as a Window into the Human Mind (for non-linguists)

Abstract: In the following list, I outline the picture that I have developed in over forty years of studying natural language syntax, the mental system that allows us to combine words and phrases into larger phrases. This presentation is meant to be completely accessible to an interested non-linguist.