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 »

Conlangery #87: Quantifiers and Determiners

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery87.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we do a little talking about determiners, a topic that has come up before in many episodes but that we hadn’t really treated on its own.  Also, we get to reading some iTunes reviews we’ve been forgetting about. Top of Show Greeting: Brazilian Portuguese… Read more »

Conlangery #85: Multilingual Conworlds

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery85.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we have a relatively short discussion on the creation and fictional portrayal of multilingual conworlds.  It’s a linguistics-light topic, but we thought it might be useful. Links: Dragoman Feedback: Email: Azul*, guys:

Conlangery SHORTS #06: Borrowing Cultural Concepts

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/ConlangeryShort06.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge talks about how we borrow words for cultural concepts, even when the concept isn’t all that alien to our culture. Links: Xenia Guanxi (关系) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_(Greek)

Conlangery #84: Delason

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery84.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreGeorge and Mike have a wonderful conversation with Nizar Habash, creator of Delason. Featured Conlang: Delason Feedback: Hi! I discovered this podcast almost a month ago and I’m on episode 46. I’m actually not a conlanger, but I love linguistics and I love the discussions you… Read more »

Conlangery #83: Conlanging through Translation

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https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery83.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we tell you some techniques for using translations to flesh out your conlang. Top of Show Greeting: Pahran (George’s work-in-progress conlang) Links and Resources: Conlang Syntax Tests Aesop’s Fables (online collection)