Summer School on the Syntax of Copular Sentences in Semitic Languages

**Call for participation**

Summer School on the Syntax of Copular Sentences in Semitic Languages

This intensive program provides students with a background in the formal syntax of Semitic languages (mainly contemporary Arabic dialects), and develops collaborative micro-comparative research on some specific topics. The program offers classes both in formal syntax and relevant related topics, taught by a team of expert linguists, and guided field work sessions with a specific focus on the micro-comparison of different semitic languages, from well-documented to lesser-known varieties of Arabic, as well as of Hebrew.

Dates: 
sept. 8-12, 2025
Place: 
Nantes, France

Instructors: 
Faruk Akkus, Ouras Aljani, Maris Camilleri, Lina Choueiri, Hamida Demirdache, Jutta Hartmann, Caroline Heycock, Isabelle Roy, Ur Shlonsky. 

The school is mainly intended for MA and PhD students with a background in formal grammar who have a particular interest and/or are speakers of a Semitic language. The school should also be attractive to linguists interested in (micro)comparative syntax and syntactic field-work.

The school is funded by:
Nantes University
The Graduate Program in Language Science (LScie-Grad) at Nantes University
The Van Riemsdijk Foundation

There are no registration fees.

Application: please fill out the application form: https://forms.gle/4qvkCBupZa1kW7P3A
you will be asked to submit: 
1. a short CV - which should state all previous courses / training in formal grammar, syntax, semantics and morphology; as well as knowledge of a semitic language
    
2. a statement of interest
    
Deadline for application: **July 10, 2025**

organizers: Isabelle Roy, Ouras Aljani, Ur Shlonsky
contact: isabelle.roy@univ-nantes.fr