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 »
Conlangery #23: Alien Languages
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery23.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe talk a little about what we like and dislike about alien languages — and what concepts we think are actually likely to work. Then we reveiw Ebisédian. Top of Show Greeting: Cardonian Conlang: Ebisédian Feedback:
Conlangery #22: Pronouns
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery22.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge’s father has pragmatics issues, but anyway … pronouns! (Almost) every language is going to have pronouns of some sort. We talk all kinds — closed-class, open-class, free, clitic, and even having pronouns for bizarrely specific people. Also, we review Baranxe’i Links and Resources: Swahili concord (alternate) Mixtec Xavante… Read more »
Conlangery #21: Poetry
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery21.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreBianca’s out for this episode, so William and I take the opportunity to talk about something she hates so much she wouldn’t let us have a show about it: poetry! Figure out how to choose good poetic devices for your conlang, and how history can affect… Read more »
Conlangery #20: Ideophones
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery20.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe talk about ideophones, a fun, fun class of words that describe a general feeling. We also review a language that’s not quite an elflang, so William doesn’t quite hate it. Top of Show Greeting: Dothraki Links and Resources The Ideophone Ideophone definition Japanese ideophones Daniel… Read more »
Conlangery #19: Role-Marking
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery19.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe puzzle through the very difficult and complex subject of thematic roles and role marking, and then review the awesomely complicated Okuna. Top of Show Greeting: Standard Telèmor Links and Resources: Fiat Lingua paper Chemehuevi (predicate marking langauge) Lexical Semantics Featured Conlang: Okuna (formerly known as Tokana)
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