Publications

Meisezahl, Marc, Simon Kirby & Jennifer Culbertson. 2025. Variability and learning in language change: The case of V2. Journal of Historical Syntax 9. 1–38. [Journal] [pdf]

Invited talks

Meisezahl, Marc. 2025. Investigating the loss of V2 with iconic artificial language learning. University of Lancaster: Multilingualism and Cognition Research Group. [abstract]

Talks

Englert, Charlotte, Marc Meisezahl, Marit Westergaard & Tanja Kupisch. 2025. A new perspective on crosslinguistic influence in L3 acquisition of V2. Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition conference (GALA) 17.
Meisezahl, Marc. 2025. The acquisition of ‑ing‑complements in British and American children. International Society for the Linguistics of English conference (ISLE) 8.
Meisezahl, Marc & George Walkden. 2025. O. The emergence of English ‑ing‑complements as result of broader syntactic changes. International Society for the Linguistics of English conference (ISLE) 8.
Englert, Charlotte, Marc Meisezahl, Marit Westergaard & Tanja Kupisch. 2025. On V2 transfer in a novel third language. Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA) 34.
Meisezahl, Marc & George Walkden. 2025. The emergence of English -ing-complements. Diachronic Generative Syntax conference (DiGS) 26. [slides]
Meisezahl, Marc, Simon Kirby & Jennifer Culbertson. 2023. New tools for old questions: Investigating language change with artificial language learning experiments. Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference 29.
Meisezahl, Marc, Simon Kirby & Jennifer Culbertson. 2023. The loss of V2: What role does the distribution of preverbal elements play. University of Edinburgh: Centre for Language Evolution.
Meisezahl, Marc, Simon Kirby & Jennifer Culbertson. 2022. Like Yoda speak I — Using artificial language learning experiments to study language change. AMC Symposium 3. [abstract] [slides]
Meisezahl, Marc, Simon Kirby & Jennifer Culbertson. 2022. The role of input variability for the acquisition of V2. Diachronic Generative Syntax conference (DiGS) 23. [abstract] [slides]
Meisezahl, Marc, Simon Kirby & Jennifer Culbertson. 2022. The role of input variability for the acquisition of V2. Conference of the Student Organisation of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE) 30.
Meisezahl, Marc, Simon Kirby & Jennifer Culbertson. 2021. Skewing the evidence: V2 learning revisited. University of Edinburgh: Centre for Language Evolution.
Meisezahl, Marc, Simon Kirby & Jennifer Culbertson. 2020. Learning verb second (in the lab). University of Edinburgh: Centre for Language Evolution.

Theses

Meisezahl, Marc. 2024. Learning to lose. The role of input variability in the loss of V2. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh PhD thesis. [pdf]
Meisezahl, Marc. 2019. Word order in subordinated clauses in the Surselva. Konstanz: University of Konstanz MA thesis. [pdf]
Meisezahl, Marc. 2016. Die Verbstellung in subordinierten Sätzen des Surselvischen. Konstanz: University of Konstanz BA thesis.

Preregistrations

2022
2021
2021
2020

Outreach activities

10/2021

Language Evolves!

Midlothian Science Festival

Participation in workshop lead by Jennifer Culbertson & Kenny Smith introducing study of language evolution to children