Conlangery SHORTS #06: Borrowing Cultural Concepts

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort06.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge talks about how we borrow words for cultural concepts, even when the concept isn’t all that alien to our culture. Links: Xenia Guanxi (关系) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_(Greek)

Conlangery #84: Delason

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery84.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge and Mike have a wonderful conversation with Nizar Habash, creator of Delason. Featured Conlang: Delason Feedback: Hi! I discovered this podcast almost a month ago and I’m on episode 46. I’m actually not a conlanger, but I love linguistics and I love the discussions you… Read more »

Conlangery #83: Conlanging through Translation

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery83.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we tell you some techniques for using translations to flesh out your conlang. Top of Show Greeting: Pahran (George’s work-in-progress conlang) Links and Resources: Conlang Syntax Tests Aesop’s Fables (online collection)

Conlangery SHORTS #05: Classification

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort05.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWilliam Annis gives us a wonderful review of how classification occurs in natural languages, and the many ways you can incorporate it in your langs. (Small note, we will no longer be putting translated greetings on the short episodes.) Links and Resources: Austronesian Possession (and another link)… Read more »