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- Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:46 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: random etymology question: ta
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3308
random etymology question: ta
Just curious about the etymology of this. One source from a google search says ta is from Danish tak, etymonline.com gives "1772, "natural infantile sound of gratitude" [Weekley]"; actually here at least, ta is mostly parent-talk for "give that to me". I'm suspecting Scots is involved, but that's ju...
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:38 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: /l/ recognition
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4117
Re: /l/ recognition
In English, coda /l/ sometimes seems like [w] to me as well, but more rarely than what I've described in BP (well, I mostly have contact with English through TV series and whatnot, so there you have it). For example, I have [ɪnɚnaʃonəlˠ] for 'international', and it's generally what I hear. But I ha...
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:22 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: the Old Granny thread
- Replies: 624
- Views: 192785
Re: the Old Granny thread
For the next fortnight or so, I'm going to have to survive on about $45 ($35 usd) for food each week. Any suggestions for ultra-cheap (also preferably healthy and filling) meals? Currently I mostly survive on nachos, burritos, simple vegetarian pastas, chicken burgers, hash browns, breakfast cereal,...
- Sun May 29, 2011 1:01 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
- Replies: 469
- Views: 139656
Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
Listening to Hollinndagain by Animal Collective and reading The Sun Also Rises. Like some sort of hipster.
- Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:38 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Tone Loss
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1778
- Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:40 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Koro
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4532
Well okay, say we have a language that has been more-or-less well described by linguists. And say that the whole corpus of traditional knowledge (medicinal, religious, cultural, etc) has been adequately recorded and translated into x lingua franca, and then the language just dies out, even ceremonia...
- Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:21 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Koro
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4532
It's an exaggeration if you read it to say that every language extinction involves the loss of all of those things, but surely it's true to say that some, perhaps many, language extinctions involve or are related to the loss of one or more of those things? I see it more as a conflation of the ideas...
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:50 am
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Introducing O Yis
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9642
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:11 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB 2010 Fieldtrip
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11879
- Sun May 23, 2010 6:55 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
- Replies: 5496
- Views: 788891
- Sat May 15, 2010 1:20 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
- Replies: 5496
- Views: 788891
- Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:48 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
- Replies: 5496
- Views: 788891
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:32 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Simple phoneme inventories and syllable structures
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7654
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:07 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Simple phoneme inventories and syllable structures
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7654
Simple phoneme inventories and syllable structures
I'm pretty sure this has been answered before but I can't seem to find anything:
Is there an explanation for why languages with small phoneme inventories seem to also have simple syllable structures?
Is there an explanation for why languages with small phoneme inventories seem to also have simple syllable structures?
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:27 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
- Replies: 2538
- Views: 898750
- Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:13 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
- Replies: 2538
- Views: 898750
That name sounds good. I've added it to the Kneequickie page. As for the size, well, it was hard to tell without a scale. I figured it was about the size of Ireland. edit: Okay, yeah, what I said was stupid regardless. Obviously they're going to figure out it's an island pretty quick. edit2: a mapfr...
- Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:38 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
- Replies: 2538
- Views: 898750
That is fine, however, there is a condition: I design the sound changes up to -500 Y.P. - but you are free to design grammar etc., and, the Peninsular language that comes to dominate the island pre-Huyfárah is from a branch adjacent to Lotoka, rather than from the same branch. That's fine. By the w...
- Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:21 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
- Replies: 2538
- Views: 898750
Welcome to you too! what's going on with that unlabelled island/ couple of islands south-east of Dagæm (or is it part of Dagæm)? Half of it gets taken by Huyfárah in the most recent map, but why only half? Who's there? Can I haves it? When Radius suggested a while ago that Huyfárah should spread to...
- Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:44 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Conlang relay [relocated] (aka "The Cursed Relay")
- Replies: 2538
- Views: 898750
I'd also like to extend congratulations to everyone who has worked on this project! In fact, I'd really like to get involved at some point.. if that's possible I could start when my exams finish in about 2 weeks. However, I'd need to crawl through all the maps and histories first, before I can say e...
- Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:13 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: I wish English had a word for this!
- Replies: 333
- Views: 149933
Do you mean constructions like "I admire the work of jsburke, Maknas, and of course zompist"? If so, yes, that's perfectly legal. That's still an adverb; you could also say "... and zompist, of course". I think the closest word to what he's asking for is "obvious" , although "... and obviously Zomp...
- Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:29 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Seahorses, I Love 'Em (& other Links of Interest)
- Replies: 2235
- Views: 443309
Before attempting fisting, a Christian husband and wife should pray together and ask for divine guidance. The husband should ask that God guide his hand and work through him, and for the skill and patience to fist his wife correctly and maximize her pleasure. The wife should pray for openness and r...
- Wed May 16, 2007 4:45 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Seahorses, I Love 'Em (& other Links of Interest)
- Replies: 2235
- Views: 443309
- Mon May 07, 2007 12:02 am
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: resources
- Replies: 722
- Views: 314439
http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~spena/Ch ... EPAGE.html
A grammar of chukchi.
Also, that really, really sucks about the pdf grammar list. Did anyone back it up by any chance?
A grammar of chukchi.
Also, that really, really sucks about the pdf grammar list. Did anyone back it up by any chance?
- Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:48 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Seahorses, I Love 'Em (& other Links of Interest)
- Replies: 2235
- Views: 443309
- Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:14 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Seahorses, I Love 'Em (& other Links of Interest)
- Replies: 2235
- Views: 443309