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 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 »

Conlangery #134: Converbs

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery134.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday, Matt Pearson joins George and William to talk about non-finite “adverbial” verb forms called converbs. Top of Show Greeting: Old Niveni Links and Resources: Imperative Converb in Archi (conference abstract) Expressing adverbial relations in clause linkage with converbs: definitional and typological considerations (workshop slides) Ylikoski,… Read more »

Conlangery #133: Language and Identity

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery133.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreJake and Kaye come on to talk about how language can interact with identity, across ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, and class identities. Top of Show Greeting: Faikari. /ˈvɐ͡ɪ.kʰɒ.ˌʁi/ Links and Resources: Plural you Key and Peele skits 1, 2 Stigmatization of speech associated with women “Sounding… Read more »

Conlangery SHORTS #26: Phonix

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort26.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, George discusses Phonix, a sound change applier that will help you with your historical conlanging.

Conlangery #132: Coptic (natlang)

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery132.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreThis episode, we discuss Coptic, the last descendant of thousands of years of Ancient Egyptian, now spoken mainly as a liturgical language in Coptic Christian churches in Egypt. Top of Show Greeting: Nalathis Special Mention: Go watch Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues! Links and Resources:… Read more »