Conlangery #110: Copulae

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery110.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday Christophe joins us as we talk all about copulas, or copulae, however you want to talk about them. Special mention: Intro video for Britton’s new film Conlanging Top of Show Greeting: Dutch (submitted anonymously) Links and Resources: Curnow, T. J. (1999). Towards a Cross-linguistic Typology… Read more »

Conlangery #109: Kataputi

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery109.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we review the Akana conlang Kataputi. In other news, the Sixth Language Creation Conference happened. Links below. Also, George is getting his Masters. Top of Show Greeting: Old English/Anglo-Saxon (translated and read by Scott Brewer) Links and Resources Kataputi Proto-Dumic Announced bits William’s post about… Read more »

Conlangery #108: Obviation

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery108.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreSupport Conlangery on Patreon! Announcements: David Salo talking at WiGL on April 11, in Madison, WI, USA The Sixth Language Creation Conference will be on April 25-26 in Horsham, UK Bianca joins us today for an episode on obviation, just another option for managing discourse while… Read more »

Conlangery #106: Auxiliary Verb Constructions

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery106.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreSuzette Haden Elgin passed away on January 27th. She will be missed. You can now support Conlangery on Patreon! William can now talk about conlanging he did for a videogame! In this episode, George and William go over the wonderful diversity of auxiliary verb constructions! So… Read more »

Conlangery SHORTS #17: Lexember 2014

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort17.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreThis episode, George highlights a few words from last year’s #Lexember event. Words: ihar kopoyamtuki snūgā kwägilärä naagari hintul chyubīne tneban fri

Conlangery SHORTS #16: Gender Assignment

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort16.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday George is on his own with a short and a book recommendation. You can find links to Gender by Greville Corbett here. LCS members can borrow it from the LCS Lending Library here.

Conlangery #105: Navajo/Diné (natlang)

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery105.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday it’s just George and William talking about the wonders of Navajo. Mostly William talking, as he knows more about it. Top of show Greeting: Yanem Links and Resources: Wikipedia The Navajo Language (best resource on the Internet) The Derivation of Meaning in the Navajo Verb… Read more »

Conlangery #104: Spatial Metaphors for Time

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery104.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we discuss how languages talk about time. Particularly, how do we map time onto space metaphorically. Top of Show Greeting: Duojjin Links and Resources: From Space to Time (Haspelmath) — warning, big download Metaphor SPACE AS TIME across languages How Languages Construct Time Time and… Read more »

Conlangery #103: Mailbag 2

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery103.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe’re back! This episode we answer your emails on the show. Check the full emails below the fold. Top of Show Greeting: Fyai Thǔvn

Conlangery #102: Afrihili

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery102.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we discuss Afrihili in some detail, a discussion made possible by William’s work tracking down the book and publishing some highlights about the language. Links and Resources: William’s Paper Wikipedia article on Afrihili