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I don't have survey data for their coolness though

Okay, so there is still some confusion here: Plural agreement refers to the number of a certain argument, e.g. the subject, the object or the absolutive marked object. That's what people often gloss PL, usually also specifying the person, e.g. 3PL. Pluractionality on the other hand refers to the num...

It's not really the same but I don't have the time to explain the difference in detail. Maybe somobe else can step in?

What kind of setup are you imagining? At first blush, I wouldn’t think of a protoplanetary disk as something you can build on , since it doesn’t have a surface. It’s just a collection of gas and dust, right? Right, most kinds of discs and rings in our universe are probably not dense enough to built...

Knox Adjacent wrote: ↑19 Sep 2024 06:37

Creyeditor wrote: ↑18 Sep 2024 22:59Yes, prohibitives are cool and mot used enough in conlanging.

Do we have survey data for this?

Yes, https://cals.info/feature/71/.

How does pluractionality work as lexical derivation rather than inflection? Like pluractionality essentially behaves like this: intransitive: (single subject) = iterative, intensive, completive (e.g. do X totally) (plural subject) = distributive transitive: (single object) = iterative, intensive, c...

Should I add a dedicated negative imperative modal? Right now you say "don't X" by using the regular imperative <G> /long low weak growl/ and use the adverb <rnL> /chuff, early falling weak grunt/ "not" G sKg rnL, G qF sdq! G sKg-0 rnL G qF sdq-0 IMP take-A not IMP only throw-A ...

I have been thinking about flat earth theory a lot. Conworlding-wise there is usually a way to make weird stuff work. So, would a space colony on a proto-planetary disc be possible at all? This would be the closest 'realistic' thing that I could think of.

I also like this post and I think it makes sense for this prefix to become lexicalized. The Indonesian one is also kind of lexicalized compared to other voice prefixes. Interestingly, I think I haven't heard the Indonesian cognate forms of any of your examples. Mata-mata famously means spy in Indone...

"Rest of your life" is usually considered long-term

Not enough sleep. Sorry for the recent rise in typos.

Maybe this thread could help? We tried to collect some natlangs with interesting phonotactics. https://cbbforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=292865#p292865

Omzinesý wrote: ↑06 Sep 2024 23:05 A "semireflexive" pronoun that refers to a group that the subject belongs to!

The context of use:
He led them[the group he is included to] to the town.

That sounds cool. Would it contrast with a 'proper' plural reflexive?

So it's causing stuff while being emotional. Sounds great, go for it.

Please elaborate. Sounds like a potentially interesting idea. Would it mean to cause emotions (e.g. to make s.o. cry) or emotions causing stuff (e.g. my sadness made him leave) or causing stuff whike being emotional (e.g. I angrily made him stir the pot)?

2 is my choice. Could provide interesting inspiration for diachronics.

That's not true. Mathematicians have come up with systens that allow division by zero. They just lack many interesting and practical properties, IIRC. It's called wheel theory.

I don't understand your example. Coild you explain it?

Well, if there can be degrees of nasalization in vowels, why not "degrees" of rounding?

Omzinesý wrote: ↑29 Aug 2024 22:28

Creyeditor wrote: ↑29 Aug 2024 21:29

Doesn't mbe derive more easily from bome than from bəũe?

True. I was aiming for uniformity and parallelism in sound change. Also, there is if course an ANADEW, with PIE *kʷíd yields Welsh pa /paː/, Polish cz- /t͡ʃ/, Greek τι /ti/, and Italian che /ke/.