https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery104.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we discuss how languages talk about time. Particularly, how do we map time onto space metaphorically. Top of Show Greeting: Duojjin Links and Resources: From Space to Time (Haspelmath) — warning, big download Metaphor SPACE AS TIME across languages How Languages Construct Time Time and… Read more »
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery103.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe’re back! This episode we answer your emails on the show. Check the full emails below the fold. Top of Show Greeting: Fyai Thǔvn
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery102.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we discuss Afrihili in some detail, a discussion made possible by William’s work tracking down the book and publishing some highlights about the language. Links and Resources: William’s Paper Wikipedia article on Afrihili
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort15.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge takes a moment to talk about a kind of language that is somewhat to related to the pidgins and creoles episode. CORRECTION: In the podcast I say that CIA is spoken on Copper Island. It originated there, but currently the surviving speaker population is on… Read more »
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery101.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreDavid Peterson joins us to talk about pidgins and creoles and what conlangers (and linguists) can learn from them. Top of Show Greeting: Chudihr (revised) Links and Resources: Wiki on creoles APICS (WALS for creoles) An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles Creole studies: a theoretical linguist’s… Read more »
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery100.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe had a wonderful conversation with Christine Schreyer, the creator of the Kryptonian language featured in Man of Steel and a professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan, who uses a language creation assignment in one of her classes. Top of Show… Read more »
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort14.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday George brings on his fiancé Li Wang to talk about some interesting little lexical facts in Chinese that might be an inspiration. Links and Resources Google shows nearly a million hits for 吃酒 A Conlanger’s Thesaurus Semantic Associations presenation
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery99.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe have some fun telling you about nonconcatenative mophology — that is morphology that doesn’t involve stringing things together. It’s not just Arabic, folks (though we do talk about that a bit). Top of Show Greeting: Engeldish Links and Resources: “Down with Morphemes” talk and paper… Read more »
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode, George points out a really interesting little subreddit that might provide some inspiration to conlangers. Links and Resources Etymology Maps subreddit camel clock beer Jew
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery98.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWe talk about a Papua New Guinea language called Menya. Follow along here. —
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