Linguistically Aware – Episode October 13, 2026

Program: Linguistically Aware

Length: 34 minutes

Tri-Transitive Structures: A Mystery for Linguistic Theory

Join us as Brooklyn sits down with Dr. Maria Cristina Cuervo, an Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Cuervo tells us about exciting research on something called “tri-transitive” structures and why their existence is so shocking to many theories of language!