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 »
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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 »
Conlangery #30: Numeral Systems
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery30.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge has put up a grammar! Also, we talk numerals — what base to use, how to construct higher numerals, cardinal vs ordinal, etc. Then we feature a little bogolang called Wenedyk. Top of the Show Greeting: Celinese Links and Resources: WALS Numerical Base WALS Ordinals… Read more »
Conlangery #29: Sound Systems and Romanization
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreAfter some discussion of one little New York Times article that quoted William(!), we move along to talking about designing your sound system and romanization, though it’s mostly about romanization. After that, we break a pattern and for the first time feature a natlang rather than… Read more »
Conlangery #28: “Correlatives” (well, mostly indefinites)
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery28.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreA very special guest host joins us for this episode, where we try to talk about correlatives as a thing, but as correlatives is actually many different things, we end up just talking about indefinites the whole time. We have much more Top of Show Greeting: pr̝̊ɛmɪsl… Read more »
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Conlangery #27: Irregularity
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery27.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe start off with a reccomendation of sorts of the Speculative Grammarian Podcast, and George’s own long post on romanization. Then we get into the meat of the show talking about all kinds of irregularity and “regular irregularity”. Then we take a 180-degree turn and talk… Read more »
Conlangery #26: “Emphasis”
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery26.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe talk about one of William’s pet peeves in conlang descriptions and linguistics in general: the overuse of the word “emphasis”. We start out with some very strong reccomendations against using it in phonology, and then talk about some more standard terms you might use instead… Read more »
Conlangery #25: Grammatical Voice
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery25.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe have a guest on, Olle Heikilä, who we totally didn’t forget to add to the Skype call, and have a nice discussion on grammatical voice and what it’s for, what you can include, and just in general. If you believe what your English teacher taught… Read more »
Conlangery #24: Possession
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery24.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreAfter some observations about the merits of Star Wars and plastic chopsticks, we tell you all kinds of stuff about possession: alienable vs inalienable, various marking strategies, “to have” and more. Oh, and we talk about Abakwi. Top of Show Greeting: rejistanian Conlang: Abakwi Feedback: Email… Read more »
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