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by eldin raigmore
21 May 2011 21:21
Forum: Translations
Topic: With
Replies: 27
Views: 6714

Re: With

IMO this thread deserves more attention; but I don't have any conlang translations of these into any of my conlangs yet.
by eldin raigmore
21 May 2011 21:20
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Kitharian! Kitairr!
Replies: 1
Views: 559

Re: Kitharian! Kitairr!

conlangconstructor wrote:Pherasa Bhasikki Kitaire Banh
Very good! 8-)
by eldin raigmore
21 May 2011 21:13
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Sambahsa (not my conlang)
Replies: 34
Views: 5264

Re: Sambahsa (not my conlang)

cafaristeir wrote:Why is an auxlang supposed not to be very interesting ?
Some people like snails, some like oysters, some like both, some (e.g. me) like neither.
To me, artlangs are like prime rib; auxlangs are like Kaschi-Go-Lean.
YMMV.
by eldin raigmore
21 May 2011 21:08
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: peto - a new minimalistic language which is a reform of puna
Replies: 99
Views: 10430

Re: peto - a new minimalistic language which is a reform of

arpee wrote:Too many words in basic English no one is going to want to learn a conlang with that many words.
850 words?
at 40 words a day that would take you, what, three weeks?
The fact is very many people have learned B.A.S.I.C. English.
by eldin raigmore
20 May 2011 20:09
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Sambahsa (not my conlang)
Replies: 34
Views: 5264

Re: Sambahsa (not my conlang)

It's intended as an international auxiliary language, so the average artlanger probably skips it on the supposition that it probably won't be very interesting.

Case in point: That's what I'm just about to do.
by eldin raigmore
20 May 2011 20:07
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Elementian (minimalist language)
Replies: 52
Views: 7788

Re: Elementian (minimalist language)

i got the idea for this language, it's oligosynthetic but don't hate, it's really a great idea. there are 117 roots, each root is an element from the periodic table. for example sodium is 'na' and chlorine is 'cal' so salt is 'nacal' you might be wondering how verbs and stuff works, well it's reall...
by eldin raigmore
20 May 2011 19:46
Forum: Translations
Topic: Legalese TC: "convene", "investigate", and other words
Replies: 2
Views: 1233

Re: Legalese TC: "convene", "investigate", and other words

How should we translate this in the event the relevant culture doesn't have juries or district attornies? Should we give literal translations of the terms or change the translation to be appropriate for the legal system being described? ... change the translation to be appropriate for the legal sys...
by eldin raigmore
20 May 2011 19:45
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
Replies: 7086
Views: 1317758

Re: Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here

I got curious after reading a description of Phi-features as "uninterpretable properties of nominals such as case, number, gender, and person." You may have misread. Some words' phi -features are uninterpreted. If so, those words are "probes" and they "look" for a word...
by eldin raigmore
20 May 2011 19:00
Forum: Translations
Topic: Legalese TC: "convene", "investigate", and other words
Replies: 2
Views: 1233

Legalese TC: "convene", "investigate", and other words

:eng: :usa: The District Attorney's Office is prepared to convene the Grand Jury to investigate alleged irregularities surrounding the death of Mrs. Joan Robinson Hill. -- (If your conlanguage's and/or conculture's "legalese" has a typical written look different from ordinary everyday writ...
by eldin raigmore
20 May 2011 02:45
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: On the relation of [gender] Agreement by Paoli
Replies: 2
Views: 1019

Re: On the relation of [gender] Agreement by Paoli

The book contains 13 articles and so far I've read only 6. That's the only bad article I've seen so far. I've also seen only one really good article so far -- the one on "Syntactic Agreement ... : American Sign Language", by Neidle and Lee, pp 203-221. It's great! Lots of conlang-inspiring...
by eldin raigmore
18 May 2011 22:01
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Case Survey
Replies: 146
Views: 38125

Re: Case Survey

Oh, nominal modality I understand (and even implement in a couple of langs). What I meant was clausal modality being attached to nouns and taking up a slot in the case paradigm. Let's take for example: "Dig!" Where does the imperative marker go? On a related topic, who's that in your avat...
by eldin raigmore
18 May 2011 21:49
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: peto - a new minimalistic language which is a reform of puna
Replies: 99
Views: 10430

Re: peto - a new minimalistic language which is a reform of

language - A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline. So even if the language has 20 words, it is still a language. If the language only has one word then it's just a sound because it's not a system of words for naming things. Peto IS a language because it is a system of word...
by eldin raigmore
18 May 2011 21:36
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Case Survey
Replies: 146
Views: 38125

Re: Case Survey

The language I’m working on with my wife has nine cases by the ... grammar is completely unnatural and impossible for a human brain to come up with would be extremely helpful. Obviously a human brain (or two) could come up with it. You and your wife are proof of that. What you probably want to know...
by eldin raigmore
17 May 2011 22:00
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Case Survey
Replies: 146
Views: 38125

Re: Case Survey

Do your conlangs have case? If not, what other methods are used to distinguish thematic roles? (Head-marking? Syntax?) If so, how many cases do you tend to put in a lang? What kinds of cases do you like to have? Adpihi and Reptigan are tri-partite languages as far as their intransitive-to-monotrans...
by eldin raigmore
17 May 2011 21:39
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: peto - a new minimalistic language which is a reform of puna
Replies: 99
Views: 10430

Re: peto - a new minimalistic language which is a reform of

The purpose was to create a language with no more than 20 words but would still be able to convey anything Ain't gonna happen. B.A.S.I.C. English has 850 words. Lojban has something like 1350 gismu (root-words of content-words), and at least 94 cmavo (structure words). The Swadesh List contains 207...
by eldin raigmore
17 May 2011 20:01
Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
Topic: On the relation of [gender] Agreement by Paoli
Replies: 2
Views: 1019

On the relation of [gender] Agreement by Paoli

I have a question about the article "On the relation of [gender] Agreement: Evidence from Friulian", by Sandra Paoli, on pp 223-242 in the book "Studies on Agreement", edited by Costa and Figueirido Silva. In this article, if I understand correctly, Paoli is interested in modifyi...
by eldin raigmore
17 May 2011 01:45
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Case on adposition
Replies: 16
Views: 2015

Re: Case on adposition

Has anyone linked to this yet? already read it Also, that's a situation where the meaning of the adpositional phrase depends not only on which adposition is used but also on which case its object noun-phrase is in. Greek only has four cases and only twelve prepositions, but it has, IIRC, more than ...
by eldin raigmore
15 May 2011 22:18
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Case on adposition
Replies: 16
Views: 2015

Re: Case on adposition

The name of it might be wrong I agree but I really couldnt think of describing it any better, name suggestions? Well, what you want to do is more important than what you call it. Your last post makes it seem that the suggestions made by Micamo and others above are setting you on the right track; ha...
by eldin raigmore
14 May 2011 22:36
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Case on adposition
Replies: 16
Views: 2015

Re: Case on adposition

If a case-marker (and adpositions are a kind of case-marker) is ambiguous, such that PPhrases made with it might have both an ad-nominal meaning and an ad-verbal meaning; then, if you mark the adposition to disambiguate that, you've just created a new adposition. We have "in" and "to&...
by eldin raigmore
14 May 2011 22:19
Forum: Conlangs
Topic: Toponymy (Naming Places)
Replies: 7
Views: 1576

Re: Toponymy (Naming Places)

How about "-abad", like "Abbottabad" the abode of Abbott, and "Hyderabad" the abode of Hyder Ali? How about "Dar-e(C)-" "domain of", like "Dar-es-Salaam" "domain of peace"? How about -gard, -grad, -gorad, -garth as in Asgard, Leni...