Conlangery SHORTS #15: Mixed Languages

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort15.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge takes a moment to talk about a kind of language that is somewhat to related to the pidgins and creoles episode. CORRECTION: In the podcast I say that CIA is spoken on Copper Island. It originated there, but currently the surviving speaker population is on… Read more »

Conlangery #101: Pidgins and Creoles

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery101.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreDavid Peterson joins us to talk about pidgins and creoles and what conlangers (and linguists) can learn from them. Top of Show Greeting: Chudihr (revised) Links and Resources: Wiki on creoles APICS (WALS for creoles) An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles Creole studies: a theoretical linguist’s… Read more »

Conlangery #100: Interview with Christine Schreyer

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery100.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe had a wonderful conversation with Christine Schreyer, the creator of the Kryptonian language featured in Man of Steel and a professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan, who uses a language creation assignment in one of her classes. Top of Show… Read more »

Conlangery SHORTS #14: 吃酒喝面 Eating Wine and Drinking Noodles

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort14.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday George brings on his fiancé Li Wang to talk about some interesting little lexical facts in Chinese that might be an inspiration. Links and Resources Google shows nearly a million hits for 吃酒 A Conlanger’s Thesaurus Semantic Associations presenation

Conlangery #99: Nonconcatenative Morphology

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery99.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe have some fun telling you about nonconcatenative mophology — that is morphology that doesn’t involve stringing things together. It’s not just Arabic, folks (though we do talk about that a bit). Top of Show Greeting: Engeldish Links and Resources:  “Down with Morphemes” talk and paper… Read more »

Conlangery SHORTS #13: Etymology Maps on Reddit

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode, George points out a really interesting little subreddit that might provide some inspiration to conlangers. Links and Resources Etymology Maps subreddit camel clock beer Jew

Conlangery #98: Menya (natlang)

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery98.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe talk about a Papua New Guinea language called Menya. Follow along here.       —

Conlangery #97: Interview with Britton Watkins

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Conlangery 97

https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery97.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we interview conlanger Britton Watkins about his journey from natlang enthusiasm through Vulcan and Na’vi fandom to creating a conlang for his and his husband’s ‘nano-budget’ movie. Korsaya.org Senn

Conlangery SHORTS #12: Verbs in Uskra

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort12.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreBianca tells us a little about the verbal system of Uskra, one of her conlangs, and how she played with giving grammatical forms multiple uses.

Conlangery #96: Where did my Nominative go?

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery96.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge and William have a discussion of those times when the subject isn’t in the case you might expect it to be in. Links and Resources: Wikipedia on Quirky Subject Subject cases in Sadani Oblique subjects in Slavic (handout/ PowerPoint) Warlpiri Comparative study with lots of… Read more »