Conlangery 139: Ainu (natlang)

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery139.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreChristophe Grandsire-Koevoets joins us to talk to us about Ainu, a minority language of northern Japan. Top of Show Greeting: Bwángxùd by alr2569 (Translation Notes) Links and Resources: Japan’s new policy on the Ainu is misleading A Topical Dictionary of Conversational Ainu Bugaeva, A. (2004). Grammar… Read more »

Conlangery #138: Jessie Sams and Conlangs in the Classroom

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery138.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreJessie Sams comes on the show to talk to us about how she uses conlanging in the classroom. We discuss how these courses can be designed, what fields of linguistics they address well, and the results she saw from the course. Jessie also requested the following… Read more »

Conlangery #137: Telicity and Lexical Aspect

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery137.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge and William come back to talk about telicity and lexical aspect. Listen to us talk about endpoints in events and puzzle over why achievement and accomplishment are supposed to mean different things.

Conlangery SHORTS 29: Reflections of a PhD graduate

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge reflects on completing his PhD, and talks to those conlangers who might be considering graduate study in linguistics. Script below the fold:

Conlangery on hiatus!

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I apologize for being quiet for so long. Many of you will notice that we have not put out a new episode for a couple months. I (George) am currently working furiously on finishing my dissertation. Between data wrangling, writing, looking for jobs, and playing with a toddler I haven’t had much time or opportunity… Read more »

Conlangery SHORTS #28: Fuzzy Phonetics

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort28.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge gives a short talk about how phonology affects phonetic transcriptions and why the narrow “phonetic” transcription of your language does not have to be overly specific (especially with vowels!). We should have a regular episode again next month.

Conlangery #136: Nymeran with Colm Doyle

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery136.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreColm Doyle comes on to talk about his Nymeran language, created for the comic series Glow, as well as some of the process and challenges of making a conlang and script for comics. Top of Show Greeting: Vaq’ǫ̀ʔ Nąśą /vàqʼõ̀ʔ nã̀ʃã́/ Glow issue 2 Kickstarter

Conlangery #135: Using Linguistic Theory for Conlanging

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery135.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreJoey Windsor and Christophe Grandsire-Koevets join George to discuss what tools we can get from more advanced linguistics theoretical frameworks. What tools do they provide the conlanger, and where do you have to be careful about applying them. Top of Show Greeting: Gidurguyt [ɡɪ-ərdɡuː-jɪt] LCC Presentations:… Read more »

Conlangery SHORTS #27: #Lexember 2017 Wrap-up

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort27.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge discusses last year’s Lexember and some of the things that came out of that. Also, help us correct our transcripts on the Conlang Sources Wiki. What we reblogged on Tumblr. The Conlangery Twitter account. (Sorry, twitter search is bad, so I can’t  conveniently direct you… Read more »

ANNOUNCEMENT: Patreon Fee Changes

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Announcement4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreConlangery Statement on Patreon Fee Changes (audio and transcript) We use Patreon to get a little money to pay some of the site fees and such for Conlangery. Our Patreon has grown some since it started, and I’m grateful to all our Patrons. However, I need… Read more »