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- Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:22 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Sound Changes - Monosyllabisation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6268
Re: Sound Changes - Monosyllabisation
I agree with the gent above me. Not only is this post extensive and enjoyable, it's quite entertaining because it raises so many interesting ideas for my own conlangs. But, I did have one question. (ii) Loss of voicing of (very) creaky voiced stops, yielding ejectives Being a lover of ejectives, I h...
- Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:49 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Words that instantly became archaic
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5257
Re: Words that instantly became archaic
Lets not forget the hyperbolic information super highwayKortoso wrote:Interwebs.
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:02 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Words that instantly became archaic
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5257
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:41 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Words that instantly became archaic
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5257
Re: Words that instantly became archaic
blog-o-sphere This is used in Portuguese, as blogosfera and v logosfera , interestingly, although it is somewhat confined to media language. it still is used sometimes in the United States's media language Also that word Sarah Palin "invented"....but I can't remember what it was. I know it was a po...
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 3:46 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Words that instantly became archaic
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5257
Re: Words that instantly became archaic
blog-o-sphere
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:59 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: does high phoneme appearance affect sound change?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1392
Re: does high phoneme appearance affect sound change?
Probably is. I was quoting examples from a text so I didn't catch the inconsistency. Ill change it if it's that annoying XDAstraios wrote:Isn't ineptus from aptus?Zaris wrote:<factus> <ineptus>
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:42 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: does high phoneme appearance affect sound change?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1392
Re: does high phoneme appearance affect sound change?
You could also argue that very low frequency phonemes are more likely to undergo change and merger because their low frequency increases the chance of misperception, and decreases the disadvantages of loss. I agree. Mostly used sounds are less likely to change bc people use them all the time (count...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:32 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
- Replies: 5496
- Views: 774553
Re: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Gayer than rainbows and kitt
For a second there, I thought that was a giant fish for real. Reminds me of how I always can walk by dolls around stores selling clothes several times, and I always think they're real people. It's really unpleasant. Whence do you come, by the way? A friend of mine once decided to be a little creati...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:06 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: New Ktuvok picture in the Almeopedia
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4842
Re: New Ktuvok picture in the Almeopedia
The new one looks particularly more rabid than the last one, which I think is a plus for Ktuvok Males
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:29 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
- Replies: 5496
- Views: 774553
Re: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Gayer than rainbows and kitt
Me and my modesty
and me with a giant fish (also modest)
Now with less Dan Aykroyd
and me with a giant fish (also modest)
Now with less Dan Aykroyd
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:19 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 418348
Re: The Innovative Usage Thread
anyone else has family that say /sEjNg.wItS/ instead of /sand.wItS/?
- Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:14 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 504492
Re: Post your conlang's phonology
This is the current phonology for my revision of PEL--which at first turned out as a euroclone and has now been revised to resemble less-western languages. Nasals: /m n N/ Stops: /p_h t_h k_h q_h b d g p' t' k' q'/ Fricatives: /f s S K x X/ Approximates: /r l w j/ Vowels: /i e a o u/ Diphthongs: /ej...
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:08 am
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Inyauk
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25994
Re: Inyauk
Could I ask you as how you make such beautiful graphs? Ive tried word and excel graphs and its only led me to terrible results.
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:39 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619896
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
What could give rise to a dental/alveolar contrast in coronals? Castillian turned Old Castillian /ts dz/ into /s̺ z̺/ and were later fronted into /θ ð/. Based off this it seems easy to create a change like the one you're looking for: > [t̺] > [t̪]. That is to say that alveolar chronemes had their s...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:32 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619896
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
And as Nort said, you could just use pre/post nasal stops. I might actually just go with this, at least at the phonetic level. Do the stop parts of prestopped nasals have to be homorganic to the nasal? That is, is something like [ k m] reasonable? I think you have it backwards pal How? A prestopped...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:26 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619896
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
I think you have it backwards palroninbodhisattva wrote:I might actually just go with this, at least at the phonetic level. Do the stop parts of prestopped nasals have to be homorganic to the nasal? That is, is something like [km] reasonable?And as Nort said, you could just use pre/post nasal stops.
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:19 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619896
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Depends on what liquids you have, I'd say. But you could definitely at least get away with prestopped nasals there. I'd like to have /km kn tm tn/ and then I have a lateral /l/ that I really don't want to combine with anything. It does seem more likely that other liquids should be allowed to take t...
- Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:11 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: Post Your Conlang's Inspiration
- Replies: 112
- Views: 54066
Re: Post your conlang's inspiration
Şanus was inspired by the proto-Germanic sound changes from PIE.
- Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:48 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619896
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
These are all some good suggestions and I thank you all for suggesting them. These suggestions have given me an idea of what to do with this language next. Therefore, I have devised a rule: "Only one sonorant per root had an epinthetic vowel inserted following the effected sonorant. Sonorants that a...
- Sun Jun 05, 2011 3:30 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 619896
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
I've reached a dead end in the sound changes I am making for proto-Elezaic, the analogical equivalent to PIE in my conworld Elezai. Syllable roots can contain large clusters; such as: *brlnt "new". My goal is to eliminate these clusters in my current project Shanus. But I'm finding trouble pinpointi...
- Tue May 03, 2011 8:55 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Lexicon Building
- Replies: 4308
- Views: 793256
Re: Lexicon Building
Kala: natsa - to draw; picture; painting; drawingsano wrote:cybrxkhan wrote:Next: caricature
next: absolutely (not); (dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Kternotoya
Bava! A haughty interjection of disbelief or disagreement.
Next: sponge, rag, cleaning brush
- Tue May 03, 2011 12:00 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: tips for a novice English Teacher
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1293
Re: tips for a novice English Teacher
Constantly teach them English idiomatic phrases. Tie them into the lessons but make them an addition. Any student will love learning cultural tidbits of a language. My French teacher would consistently teach us French idiomatic phrases and we all loved it! Plus it improved our French and made us so...
- Tue May 03, 2011 11:59 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: tips for a novice English Teacher
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1293
Re: tips for a novice English Teacher
his L1 is Spanish.Drydic Guy wrote:What's his L1?
- Tue May 03, 2011 8:34 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: tips for a novice English Teacher
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1293
tips for a novice English Teacher
i was recently hired to teach someone English and its my first time tackling the subject. So I was wondering if any of you all have any tips as to how I can improve his learning experience and my teaching experience. Many thanks
- Sun May 01, 2011 6:26 pm
- Forum: C&C Archive
- Topic: I will Learn Your Conlang (Now: Inyauk Study Group)
- Replies: 115
- Views: 21357
Re: I will Learn Your Conlang (Now: Inyauk Study Group)
I'd like to join I have Google chat and skype :3