https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery35.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWhat do you do when you want to make a language without case marking? Or with very little case marking? That is what we attempt to explore in this episode. If you would like to take up George’s “homework” challenge, make up a sketch of a… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Conlangery #34: Gender and Noun Classes
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery34.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreAlternate Title: Genders, Classes, and Agreement, oh my! We talk today all about gender. Or noun class. Or both. Really, they are the same thing, at least we think so. Anyway, after a vivid and lively discussion on what can be done with the wonderful world… Read more »
SOPA Blackout
Conlangery will be “blacked out” on Wed, January 18th in opposition to SOPA (HB3261: Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (SB968: Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011, aka PROTECT IP). Behind those bureaucratic congressional names are two bills that could seriously damage the workings of the Internet. As… Read more »
Conlangery #33: Suprasegmentals
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery33.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe get right to it talking about suprasegmentals: mainly stress, phonation, tone, and nasalization. After a long and fascinating (if incomplete) discussion, we finally get around to talking to DJP’s Kamakawi. Top of Show Greeting: Kinál Links and Resources: Phonation Types Mark Liberman has doubts about… Read more »
Conlangery #32: Evidentials
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery32.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge reveals a peeve, which leads to a bit of a tangent before we get to talking about the wonderful world of evidentials and all the stuff you can do with them. Then we cover a very curious language by the name Talossan. Top of Show… Read more »
Conlangery #31: Demonstratives
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery31.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we talk about demonstratives. Chiefly, what distinctions are common for demonstratives, and what crazy out-there distinctions you can make. We also review a conlang that should be very familiar to you all. Top of Show Greeting: Zelsen Featured Conlang: Quenya Thorsten Renk’s Quenya Course (archive… Read more »
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