Merge: Past, Present, and Future
Chris Collins
November 6, 2026
REFLECTIONS: Structure Building in Syntax and Beyond
Abstract: This talk traces the evolution of the syntactic operation Merge from early minimalism until the present day. Topics discussed include internal versus external Merge, labeling, simplest Merge, Merge extensions (such as parallel Merge and late Merge), the relationship between Merge and the workspace, the formalization of Merge in Hopf algebras, copies versus repetitions, and the scope of Merge.
If you want to attend the talk, you need to register:
