A phenomenon similar to this is attested found (rather rarely). See this paper for an analysis of one such system.eldin raigmore wrote: ↑26 Jun 2018 23:06 A ‘Lang in which the last syllable (or so) of any proper noun is homophonous with the 3rd-person pronoun by which one refers to the proper noun’s referent.
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- 27 Jun 2018 07:17
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Random ideas: Morphosyntax
- Replies: 900
- Views: 213519
Re: Random ideas: Morphosyntax
- 23 Mar 2015 01:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Reference grammar of conlangs?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 10510
Re: Reference grammar of conlangs?
Check out Matt Pearson's Grammar of Okuna. It's one the best conlang grammars I know of.
- 12 Dec 2014 22:51
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Quirky subjects in polysynthetic languages
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6663
Re: Quirky subjects in polysynthetic languages
One thing that could a be little helpful towards the search: What properties specifically are you ascribing to "quirky" subjects here? Are we just looking for those subjects that bear non-regular subject cast but seem to share other subject like properties?[/quote] Yes, that's right.[/quo...
- 11 Dec 2014 09:23
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Quirky subjects in polysynthetic languages
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6663
Re: Quirky subjects in polysynthetic languages
One thing that could a be little helpful towards the search: What properties specifically are you ascribing to "quirky" subjects here? Are we just looking for those subjects that bear non-regular subject cast but seem to share other subject like properties? Also, you might want to check ou...
- 09 Dec 2014 08:18
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Quirky subjects in polysynthetic languages
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6663
Re: Quirky subjects in polysynthetic languages
Hi all--I would like to know what polysynthetic languages, if any, have quirky subjects and perhaps are split-S/fluid-S. I'm a tad confused at this phrasing. Are you looking for: Option 1: (A) Polysynthetic languages that have quirky subjects (B) Polysynthetic languages that have Split/Fluid-S alig...
- 17 Oct 2014 18:21
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: Let's Talk about Syntax (NP: Topic Ideas etc)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 75087
Re: Let's Talk about Syntax (NP: Topic Ideas etc)
I'll eventually be back around and maybe do something with it. Very busy at the moment.
- 27 Aug 2014 17:14
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: That awkward moment when you...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11545
Re: That awkward moment when you...
Over the summer I spent a lot of time at home going through old piles of papers and such that my mother wanted me to go through so that I could clear out my old room...oh boy did I find all the old conlanging things. It was quite the trip down memory lane. I've got a couple big folders of these thin...
- 24 Aug 2014 01:45
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Grammar and Syntax in a conlang
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4909
Re: Grammar and Syntax in a conlang
Just a nitpick correction here: case and plurality are inflectional categories, or they can be. Inflection refers to the type of process that indicates the values of these categories, if that makes sense.Great Angemon wrote:@Xing: I use affixes to show things like case, plurality and inflection.
- 21 Aug 2014 17:35
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Pluralses and rereduplication
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8300
Re: Pluralses and rereduplication
I think by dupleme he just means the element that is reduplicated. In some languages, the entire root morpheme may not be reduplicated, so in that case you can't say it's just the root morpheme twice in a row. On the other hand, the reduplicated element has no consistent form, so it can't be recogn...
- 21 Aug 2014 09:40
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: Pluralses and rereduplication
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8300
Re: Pluralses and rereduplication
Some languages have a "dupleme", if that's the word, that is, partial or full reduplication counts as an -eme of some sort (probably a morpheme, but maybe a phonish-eme.) What you call a dupleme here is generally called the reduplicant in the reduplication literature. I don't really get w...
- 19 Aug 2014 21:52
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Finiteness in your Conlangs
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1574
Finiteness in your Conlangs
Just wondering really, does your conlang make a finite/non-finite distinction? And if so, what characterizes finite vs. non-finite clauses?
- 17 Aug 2014 07:34
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: How do you create a conlang?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6710
Re: How do you create a conlang?
I apologize for throwing it out there just like that. I didn't realize some of your technology did not have the magic cursor overlap thingimabob. In future posts, I'll endeavor to be more mindful of giving some advance warning before my CBB semaphore overkill begins. [:$] No worries, it didn't real...
- 17 Aug 2014 07:30
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: What did you accomplish today? [2011–2019]
- Replies: 11462
- Views: 1641028
Re: What did you accomplish today?
I wrote a proceedings paper. Didn't have anything to do with conlanging.
- 16 Aug 2014 23:25
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: How do you create a conlang?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6710
Re: How do you create a conlang?
The method I would follow nowadays would be to create lots of words. Words that sound nice, or look good in written form. The I'd create I'll arrange the grammar and fine-tune the phonology as I proceed. I have of course not made many new conlangs the last few months. Do you randomly assign meaning...
- 16 Aug 2014 23:14
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: How do you create a conlang?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6710
Re: How do you create a conlang?
So then does mean a conlang based off Ancient Greek do you think? I know you're not the OP but I'm just still very confused why you would use those mid sentence.shimobaatar wrote:My cursor confirms that it is, indeed, the symbol for Ancient Greek.
- 16 Aug 2014 19:03
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: How do you create a conlang?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6710
Re: How do you create a conlang?
What does this mean?Lambuzhao wrote:
- 16 Aug 2014 00:49
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Sun Speech (Isidriè), and its script - Scratchpad
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12460
Re: Sun Speech (Isidriè), and its script - Scratchpad
How do dem verbs work?
- 14 Aug 2014 20:50
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: About Glossing
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5067
Re: About Glossing
Hi again. One more thing: can anybody please elaborate on how I should use LaTex as a tool or a typeset (?) of glossing. Thank you. There are several good packages for formatting linguistics examples/glosses. The ones I'm familiar with are: linguex gb4e covington I personally use gb4e, and it's qui...
- 14 Aug 2014 04:40
- Forum: Beginners' Corner
- Topic: About Glossing
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5067
Re: About Glossing
Micamo just said these wise things in the C&C quickies thread the other day: Here's my opinion on best glossing practices: 1. If two morphemes are formally segmentable, then show how they're segmented. This includes compounds so long as the compound is semantically transparent; Opaque, fossilize...
Re: Taahu
Have I said I love all of this? And that I'm going to use x for [θ] the next time I need to use something for [θ].