Conlangery #92: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery92.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe go over the basic premise of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and it’s (limited) usefulness to naturalistic conlanging, with a couple of tangents here and there. Top of Show Greeting: Danish (translated by Samuel Kilsholm) Links and Resources: Wikipedia entry on linguistic relativity Linguistic determinism Experimental languages Verb… Read more »

Conlangery #91: Srínawésin

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery91.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we talk about a language of dragons. It’s really, really hard to pronounce. Top of show Greeting: Jesesç Srínawésin grammar and dictionary: Section I Section II and III Section IV Section V Section VI Section VII Section VIII Lexicon of Verb Roots and Thesaurus

Conlangery #90: Mailbag 1

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery90.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe resurrect the podcast with an episode that’s all answering listener feedback. We hope to keep this thing going for a good long time. Top of Show Greeting: French (translation and recording by Christophe Grandsire-Koevoets) Emails below the fold:

Conlangery SHORTS #11: Phrasebook: What time is it?

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort11.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge continues his phrasebook series with a few musings about telling time. Long form episodes returning soon.

Conlangery SHORTS #10: Phrasebook: How do you say …?

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge continues his phrasebook series by considering what you say when you ask “How do you say …?” and “What does that mean?”

Conlangery SHORTS #09: Phrasebook: Hello and Goodbye

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort09.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge starts off on a sort of informal “series” of shorts on phrasebook phrases with some talk about greetings and farewells.

Conlangery #89: Polysynthesis

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery89.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday, we take a little time to talk about the topic of polysynthesis Top of Show Greeting: Gothic (translated by Roman Rausch) Links and Resources: Nootkan/Southern Wakashan grammar (featured on episode 41) ZBB thread on polysynthesis Nice Inuit article Iñupiatun Eskimo dictionary Ancient Egyptian (Amazon link) Feedback:

Conlangery SHORTS #07: When do you insert your infix?

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort07.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge uses an example from Tagalog to highlight one of the decisions conlangers might need to make if they use infixing.

Conlangery #88: Ancient Greek (natlang)

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery88.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we are going to focus on a language you’ve probably heard us talk about quite a bit in passing: Ancient Greek.  Learn how it is the oddball of European languages. Top of Show Greeting: Pali (natlang) Special Mention: Linguistics MOOC Links and Resources: Tables… Read more »