Invited talks (in Hungary unless marked otherwise) 1972 On the possibility of applying generative Copenhagen, Denmark grammars for contrasting languages 3rd International Congress of Applied Linguistics 1972 Contrastive analysis of subordinate clauses Budapest in English and Hungarian 1972 Restrictive relative constructions Prague, Czechoslovakia Symposium on Mathematical Linguistics Charles University 1973 Topics in pronominalization Budapest 1974 Sentence embedding in English and Hungarian Budapest 1975 Recent developments in generative grammar Debrecen Kossuth University 1977 Accounting for relative pronouns in Hungarian Nyíregyháza 3rd International Congress of Hungarian Linguistics 1977 On the semantics of relative clauses Cambridge, UK Institute of Linguistics, U of Cambridge 1978 Arguments for and against raising Budapest 1980 Controversies in the history of a construction Budapest International Conference on the Origins and Originality of American Culture 1981 Chomsky's theory and the philosophy of language Debrecen Conference on English Studies Kossuth University 1981 Are there paradigms in linguistics? Visegrád Annual Conference of Philosophers 1981 Controversial issues in the analysis of word Budapest order 1981 Noam Chomsky's theory of language in the 1970's Vienna, Austria Institute of Linguistics, U of Vienna 1982 Semantic problems in aphasia (with J.O. Sági) Budapest Joint Conference of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on Semantics 1983 Problems and theories in semantics Budapest Conference on English Studies L. Eötvös University 1983 That-clauses in Hungarian Budapest 1984 What does really figure in a non-configurational Groningen, Netherlands language? International Conference on Topic, Focus and 1
Configurationality, U of Groningen 1985 On certain regularities in the word order of Budapest Hungarian Department of Language Studies, Technical Univ. 1985 Unresolved problems in English word-formation Pécs Conference on English Studies Janus Pannonius University 1985 Linearity condition: A possible parameter? Vienna, 3rd Vienna Round Table on Comparative Syntax Austria U of Vienna 1986 On the structure of conversations Pécs Lecture series for teachers in secondary education Janus Pannonius University, Faculty of Letters 1986 Pronouns as variables in Hungarian Groningen, Netherlands Amsterdam-Groningen Workshop on Aux and Configurationality 1986 On some properties of the agreement morpheme Veszprém 2nd International Morphology Meeting 1986 Variable binding in non-configurational languages Regensburg, W. Germany Dept. of Linguistics, U of Regensburg 1986 Anomalies in syntax and semantics; Newark, DE, USA Is that the question?; Arguments for non-configurationality; Dept. of Linguistics, U of Delaware 1986 Are there transitional categories in language? New York, N.Y. Dept. of Linguistics, Queens College 1986 On the syntax and semantics of New York, N.Y. non-configurational languages Dept. of Linguistics, Graduate Center, CUNY 1987 Syntactic structure and prosodic constituents in Budapest Hungarian 1987 The relevance of speech act theory in the Visegrád philosophy of language Annual Conference of Philosophers 1987 On the structure of conversations; Elon College, NC, USA Recent developments in Government & Binding Theory; Dept. of English, Elon College 1988 Syntax and semantics in phonology (with I. Vogel) Stanford, CA, USA Workshop on the Syntax-Phonology Interface CSLI, Stanford University 1989 Expletives in DPs Manchester, England NP Colloquium, University of Manchester 1990 Focus and phonological structure (with I. Vogel) Cambridge, England 1990 GLOW Colloquium St. John's College 1990 On the phonological representation of focus Cologne, W. Germany Institute for German Language and Literature, 2
University of Cologne 1990 Complementation in Finno-Ugric and Turkish Budapest 1991 Functional categories in Finno-Ugric Il Ciocco, Italy 1992 On word order in Finno-Ugric Philadelphia, PA Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting 1992 On Hungarian complementizers Bloomington, IN Conference on the Structure of Hungarian Indiana University 1992 Infinitival complements in Finno-Ugric Gregynogg, Wales, UK 1993 A minimalist program for focus New York, NY Dept. of Lingusitics, Graduate Center, CUNY 1993 On the syntax of focus Amherst, MA Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. of Massachusetts 1993 The analysis of focus Philadelphia, PA Cognitive Science Center, Univ. of Pennsylvania 1993 Focus in a minimalist theory College Park, MD Dept. of Linguistics, University of Maryland 1993 Focus in Hungarian and other languages Budapest 1994 Tensed complements in Finno-Ugric Le Bischenberg, France 1994 On bracketing paradoxes in Hungarian Szombathely 6th International Morphology Meeting 1994 Functional categories in complementation Bangor, Wales, UK 1994 Historical linguistics: Theory and practice Budapest Eötvös University Conference In Memoriam Prof. Zs. Telegdi 1995 Bracketing paradoxes in Hungarian Venice, Italy Dipartimento di Linguistica Universita degli Studi di Venezia 1995 Movement in Finnish and Hungarian Tromso, Norway GLOW Workshop on Finno-Ugric Syntax 1995 An analysis of the syntax of focus Tübingen, Germany Graduiertenkolleg Integriertes Linguistikstudium Universität Tübingen 1995 Report on Functional Categories in Lund, Sweden Complementation, EUROTYP Workgroup 3 University of Lund 1996 On syntactic analyses of Hungarian Amsterdam, Netherlands 3rd International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian 3
University of Amsterdam 1996 Focus in syntax Ithaca, N.Y. Dept. of Linguistics, Cornell University 1996 Directions in development programs Siófok Hungarian Rectors' Conference 1996 Alternative financing for universities in Budapest Hungary Worldwide Fulbright Alumni Conference 1997 Quality in English Language Teacher Education Pécs Workshop Organizer & Moderator Hungarian Society for the Study of English Biennial Conference 1997 Focus in VPs Venezia, Italy Dipartimento di Linguistica, Universita degli Studi di Venezia 1997 Arguments and adjuncts in ex-situ focus Edinburgh, UK Spring Meeting of the Linguistic Association of Great Britain 1998 VP-Focus: Arguments and Adjuncts New York, NY Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting 1998 On Hungarian Morphology Szeged Linguistics Lecture Series at the Szeged Academy of Sciences 1998 Auxiliaries and VPs Pécs 4th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian Janus Pannonius University 1999 Minimalist developments in the syntax of focus; Venezia, Italy Diagnostics for auxiliaries; Dipartimento di Linguistica, Universita degli Studi di Venezia 1999 On a new approach to Hungarian auxiliaries Budapest Association of Hungarian Linguistics 2000 Do particles project? Bilbao, Spain Universita de Deusto, Dept. of English 2000 Auxiliaries in a language without auxiliaries Durham, UK Dept. of Linguistics, University of Durham 2001 On nonfinite constructions in Hungarian Paris, France Institut du Monde Anglophone, Université de Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle 2001 On the syntax and phonology of focussing Paris, France Institut du Monde Anglophone, Université de Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle 2001 On nonfinite constructions Budapest 5th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2001 On the changing scene in professional evaluation in the Budapest humanities in Hungary, Workshop on the Budapest 4
Scientific Evaluation of Scientific Production in the Humanities 2001 On the syntax and phonology of focussing Durham, UK Dept. of Linguistics, University of Durham 2001 On the syntax and phonology of focussing Szeged 5th Conference on New Methods in the Description of Hungarian 2002 Revisiting derived nominals Düsseldorf, Germany 6th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian, Universitat Düsseldorf 2003 Philosophy in linguistics Budapest Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Section of Linguistics and Literature 2003 Language, linguistics, philosophy of language Dunaújváros Opening Address, National Conference in Applied Linguistics 2003 Focus is identification Lund, Sweden GLOW Colloquium (selected but not presented due to illness) 2003 Focus is identification Lund, Sweden Lund University (by special invitation) 2003 Clauses in derived nominals Lund, Sweden Lund University 2003 Legal semantics: a new research area Budapest 2003 Annual Conference of Philosophers Eötvös University 2003 Linguistics in the 21st century Pécs National Science Day Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pécs 2003 Philosophy v Linguistics: Is the Game Over? Budapest Fellow Seminar, Collegium Budapest 2004 Focus and negation Budapest Institute for Linguistics 2004 On the unity and diversity of linguistics Budapest On the anniversary of the journal Édes Anyanyelvünk Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2004 Multiple focus and multiple negation in Hungarian Leiden, NL NWO-OTKA Project Meeting, Universiteit Leiden 2005 Normative linguistics as seen by a theoretical linguist Veszprém University of Veszprém 2005 More movement in the Hungarian Noun Phrase? Veszprém 7th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian 2005 Indefinite pronouns with adjectives Budapest Research Institute for Linguistics 2005 The utility of the humanities in the 21st century Budapest "Science, Innovation, and the Quality of Life: The Institutes of HAS for the Growth of the Country" Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2005 Multiple focus, multiple negation Potsdam, Germany Institut für Linguistik, Universität Potsdam 5
2005 Indefinite pronominals and adjectives: what to move? Potsdam Institut für Linguistik, Universität Potsdam 2006 L. Antal's jewels and trinkets Budapest Antal László Memorial Conference, Eötvös Collegium 2006 From Word to Affix: Slide or Step-ladder? Budapest 12 th International Morphology Meeting 2006 The past, present and future of the Dictionary of the Budapest Hungarian Language Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2006 Hungarian as a pluricentric language Madrid, Spain 4 th Annual Meeting of EFNIL (European Federation of National Institutes of Languages), Real Academia Espanola 2007 Linguist versus Philosophers: Is The Game Over? Szeged Hungarian Society for the Study of English, Annual Conference, University of Szeged 2007 Compounding, derivation, and inflection: Budapest Levels and units in the Lexicon Research Institute for Linguistics, HAS 2007 Constituent negation meets focus Budapest Lund-RIL Syntax Meeting 2 Research Institute for Linguistics, HAS 2007 Opening address New York, NY 8 th Internatonal Conference on the Structure of Hungarian, New York University & CUNY 2008 Chomsky at 80 Budapest Research Institute for Linguistics, HAS ========= 99 in all; 50 outside Hungary 6