https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery66.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we have a very enlightening discussion about conceptual metaphors and how thinking about them can help you avoid a relex as well as have loads of fun in usage and translation. Also, this will be William’s last episode for a while 🙁 Top of Show… Read more »
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Conlangery #65: Tayéin
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery65.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreWilliam is leaving (temporarily), but don’t worry, we have one more episode before he goes. Also, we talk with Eric about his lovely language Tayéin Top of Show Greeting: Frixàð Featured Conlang: Tayéin Feedback: Email from Sai:
Conlangery #64: Head-marking vs Dependent-marking
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery64.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we tackle a very interesting typology topic: head-marking and dependant-marking. Turns out that whether your language leans one way or another affects (or depends on) a wide variety of grammatical features. Be sure to check the links below for additional info. Top of Show Greeting:… Read more »
Conlangery #63: Kuot (natlang)
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery63.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday, we cover one of the weird and wonderful languages of Papua New Guinea. It turns out to be surprisingly not so weird, but there’s still quite a few things in it to inspire conlangers. Do check out the crazy verbs though — that bit is… Read more »
Conlangery #62: Practicum — Anaphora and Co-reference
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery62.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we tackle a big grammar and discourse topic: anaphora and co-referentiality. We go through a list of options you have for cleaning up ambiguities and keeping your discourse coherent. Just don’t throw them all into the same conlang. Top of Show Greeting: Minhast Links and… Read more »
Conlangery #61: amman îar
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery61.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreThis week we cover the monumental and yet incomplete amman îar, a heavily Tolkien-inspired language that nevertheless manages to have its own flavor. Top of Show Greeting: Uskra Featured Conlang: amman îar Feedback: Email from FE:
Conlangery #60: Syllable and Word Shapes
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery60.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreSo, for various reasons we have now changed the format of the show. Now we will be doing only one topic per show, alternating weeks between discussion topics and featured conlangs. We hope that this addresses the issues some people have had with show length while… Read more »
Conlangery #59: Loan Words
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery59.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreToday we take some time to talk to you about a conworldy topic: loan words in your conlang. What words are likely to be borrowed? What kinds of situations cause borrowing? And how does grammar work for loan words? Also, we talk about Kebreni, our second… Read more »
Conlangery #58: Practicum — Things you can do with the Middle Voice
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery58.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we talk all about the middle voice and the many things that that covers, as well as give you all sorts of options to make your own creative use of this feature. We also have a featured natlang today that has very interesting features… Read more »
Conlangery #57: Animacy and Agency
https://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery57.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | MoreAfter a short update on George’s grad school situation and some musing over our tagline, we get to talking about the very complex interactions that animacy and agency can have with the rest of your grammar. Then we talk about Interlingua, a very boring auxlang that… Read more »
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