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- 28 Sep 2016 23:00
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Complementiser vs relativiser
- Replies: 41
- Views: 22636
Re: Complementiser vs relativiser
:eng: (1) I know that Jack built the house. (2) I know that that's the house that Jack built. Here's a different way: Substituting "hold" for build (gap in the lexicon) and "cup" for house (because holding a house seems a bit nonsensical...): :con: Taruven (1) vyššah Džakan senr...
- 29 Jun 2015 13:11
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: What have you been reading lately? (linguistic ed.)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 82419
Re: What have you been reading lately?
Basic Linguistic Theory by RMW Dixon (the first two were on sale so I picked up all three). Whoa is chapter 3 (overview of everything to come), book I loong, but now I'm done. Chapter 3 was so long I read chapter 8, "Lexicon" in between sub-chapters. In it, he says (examples made up): 1. A...
- 21 May 2015 12:26
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Names
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9420
Re: Names
What does your conlangs do with foreign names? Taruven attempts to preserve as much of the pronuciation as possible but also forces given names into confirming to a template. So: Mary, Maria etc. > Maran Susan -> Sosan Matthew -> Meþun Aleksander -> Lesan, Kisan, Saner Elisabeth -> Lisab, Sabeþ, Bet...
- 17 May 2015 18:23
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: "Give" problems
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6193
Re: "Give" problems
I've substitued "cup" for "fruit", dunno any word for fruit (yet). You're not specifying whether you without singular is singular or plural so I'll assume singular throughout. There's a TAM suffix-complex on the verbs but they're restricted in use, and unsuitable for a situation ...
- 17 May 2015 13:16
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Names
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9420
Re: Names
There are several naming traditions in my conmultiverse, but the first/given/personal name is usually made in the same way. It's not meant to mean anything (that woud be unlucky), so it is generated with an algorithm: CVCVC, where one of the syllables may be long, and if long, the V may be a diphtho...
- 16 May 2015 23:46
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Immortality in a conworld
- Replies: 84
- Views: 18808
Re: Immortality in a conworld
In my conmultiverse, there are multiple species of varying lifespans: short-lived, long-lived, ageless (immorbid) and immortal. You're long-lived if you can expect to experience your thousandth birthday. The immortals are of the respawn-variety, and most of them do consider it a bit of a curse. Ther...
- 16 May 2015 23:11
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Immortality in a conworld
- Replies: 84
- Views: 18808
Re: Immortality in a conworld
I suspect that your people would, despite their great longevity, still mature as rapidly as they are biologically able, and would probably learn all they needed to know of their languages within the first decade or so. We don't learn language that quickly even. IIRC the last finicky details aren't ...
- 16 May 2015 22:44
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: CALS vs WALS: A Comparison
- Replies: 23
- Views: 18703
Re: CALS vs WALS: A Comparison
Hi, I'm PTSnoop. You may vaguely remember me from the previous CALS vs WALS thread almost two years ago. I originally set out to do a statistical comparison of the conlangs on CALS and the natlangs on WALS, to see what intriguing features of natural languages we conlangers tend to pay more/less att...