https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery36.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreCORRECTION: A commenter below graciously corrected me on a point I (George) raised in the show. When I talk about desiderative languages, please replace that word with dechticaetiative. Look to the comments below for a relevant link. I apologize for misidentifying the phenomenon I was talking about. We… Read more »
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Conlangery #35: Practicum – Getting Rid of Case Marking
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery35.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWhat do you do when you want to make a language without case marking? Or with very little case marking? That is what we attempt to explore in this episode. If you would like to take up George’s “homework” challenge, make up a sketch of a… Read more »
Conlangery #34: Gender and Noun Classes
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery34.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreAlternate Title: Genders, Classes, and Agreement, oh my! We talk today all about gender. Or noun class. Or both. Really, they are the same thing, at least we think so. Anyway, after a vivid and lively discussion on what can be done with the wonderful world… Read more »
Conlangery #33: Suprasegmentals
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery33.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe get right to it talking about suprasegmentals: mainly stress, phonation, tone, and nasalization. After a long and fascinating (if incomplete) discussion, we finally get around to talking to DJP’s Kamakawi. Top of Show Greeting: Kinál Links and Resources: Phonation Types Mark Liberman has doubts about… Read more »
Conlangery #32: Evidentials
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 »
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 »
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 »
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