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by CaesarVincens
Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:49 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 92930

Re: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - more bugfixes and features

Very good.

I am having some trouble with the alignment of features for words. That is, if I click the edit feature button, the feature doesn't apply to the word for which I clicked the button. I think it may have something to do with the reordering which doesn't seem to happen underlyingly.
by CaesarVincens
Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:35 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 92930

Re: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - fixed some bugs

You're right, I broke it. It'll be fixed in the next update. Speaking of character encoding, though, you'll need to set Settings -> Force Unicode to import UTF-8 files correctly if you're on Windows (which seems to always assume they aren't UTF-8). Awesome, thanks. I do have that set already. There...
by CaesarVincens
Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:17 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 92930

Re: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - fixed some bugs

What does the file you're trying to import from look like? Sorry about the formatting code in the export - it was doing that on some of my test dictionaries, but I thought it was an artifact from the old version getting translated over. I'll see if I can fix it. EDIT: Did you import your dictionary...
by CaesarVincens
Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:35 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 92930

Re: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - fixed some bugs

I am having some trouble importing a lexical set from a txt file right now (it doesn't work). And export the lexicon to a txt file works, but also exports formatting code.
by CaesarVincens
Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:52 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 92930

Re: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - fixed some bugs

Cool. I'll take a look. I was having some issue with the last version and the dictionary part proper, so I'll let you know if those are resolved. Edit: Well, it does work nicely now adding a phonological parse when I add the word, and I realize that my earlier trouble was from adding words that didn...
by CaesarVincens
Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:00 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: What is this construct called?
Replies: 28
Views: 8510

Re: What is this construct called?

I think what is occurring in those two examples is a fronting/raising of a wh- element around the infinitive that would be dependent on a main clause such as "I know" or "John told Sally" If you replace the wh- word with say "thus" and "him" you will see that the infinitive doesn't depend on those w...
by CaesarVincens
Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:15 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Sound Change Game
Replies: 2673
Views: 573727

Re: Sound Change Game

Proto-Tlusa *idbitu [iðˈbitu] :> Hellenic-esque (working name): ispitu [is'pitu]
by CaesarVincens
Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:14 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: Happy Things Thread
Replies: 969
Views: 402612

Re: Happy Things Thread

So I officially finished my Master's thesis today, submitted to my university. I had the basic idea for quite some time now having based it on a short paper I wrote last spring but I didn't really have a good framework for the thesis until about late January/early February. Since today (March 10) is...
by CaesarVincens
Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:02 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Human vs. non-human distinction in pronouns
Replies: 16
Views: 4845

Re: Human vs. non-human distinction in pronouns

In English, demonstratives can stand for whole clauses: They say it will rain tomorrow. I agree with that . So you'd need to think how that would work with gendered demonstratives. You could have a separate neuter gender reserved for such occasions, or perhaps a different word entirely. Or just use...
by CaesarVincens
Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:22 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Human vs. non-human distinction in pronouns
Replies: 16
Views: 4845

Re: Human vs. non-human distinction in pronouns

gach wrote:I need to refresh my Spanish a bit, but aren't these bound to the gender system of the language and obey gender agreement?
The first two are tied to the gender system, but I think the third (with -o) can be used for unintroduced or underspecified things. (not referring to a specific noun that is.)
by CaesarVincens
Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:33 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Human vs. non-human distinction in pronouns
Replies: 16
Views: 4845

Re: Human vs. non-human distinction in pronouns

Spanish might have something like this (my knowledge of Spanish is limited). The demonstratives have three singular forms. este, esta, esto ese, esa, eso aquel, aquella, aquello (I think this one also) The first two are masc, fem. The third is something else, but I don't think it can refer to humans...
by CaesarVincens
Wed Mar 05, 2014 2:11 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Human vs. non-human distinction in pronouns
Replies: 16
Views: 4845

Re: Human vs. non-human distinction in pronouns

So, in a language without grammatical gender, are there examples such as 'that.(human)' vs. 'that.(non-human)'? Is this what you are asking? I don't know of any in particular, but most of my language knowledge comes from languages with grammatical gender anyway. It seems like there would be at least...
by CaesarVincens
Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:23 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Oscan Reconstruction
Replies: 66
Views: 36322

Re: Oscan Reconstruction

kanejam, if you haven't already, I recommend looking at Andrew Sihler's "A New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin". It's an updated version of Carl Buck's and while it's focused on the histories of Greek and Latin, he does draw in Oscan material and comment on Proto-Italic forms.
by CaesarVincens
Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:31 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: SCA2 questions
Replies: 87
Views: 32090

Re: SCA2 questions

I found a bug with the "…" wildcard, I think. Try using this rule: a/à/_/à…_ on these words akakakakakaka akkakkakkakkakkakka I would expect that only the first "a" would become "à" and the rest would be blocked, but it seems the "…" wildcard matches only one letter in the exception area if it comes...
by CaesarVincens
Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:39 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Lexical categories for beginners?
Replies: 32
Views: 7336

Re: Lexical categories for beginners?

"The man went therefore the woman went too." This is different. You are no longer joining 2 nouns, but 2 clauses. Examples: (Joining 2 nouns) Good: The man and the woman are hungry. Good: (Either) the man or the woman is hungry. Bad: The man but the woman are/is hungry. Bad: The man therefore the w...
by CaesarVincens
Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:04 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Lexical categories for beginners?
Replies: 32
Views: 7336

Re: Lexical categories for beginners?

Conjunctions are a terrible category in general. Often there are "conjunctions" related to prepositions (after, before); plus the classical distinction of "subordinating conjunction" vs. "coordinating conjunction". Myself, I would posit at least two categories: conjunctions (joining any two equal X ...
by CaesarVincens
Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:12 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Lexical categories for beginners?
Replies: 32
Views: 7336

Re: Lexical categories for beginners?

Wow, lots of posts to respond to! :) Thank you all for taking the time to respond helpfully! I especially like the lists and examples, even though I'm not going to respond to them in this post; have to think about them and mentally digest them first. I'll try to answer all questions asked of me but...
by CaesarVincens
Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:10 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Telmona - Word order in Tǝɣrâ (isolating V2 language)
Replies: 19
Views: 6788

Re: Telmona - World Map

It's a bloody big mountain range. I think it's partially due to subduction, like the American Cordillera, but massive volcanism isn't out of the question either. I was asking because the way the high peaks and the plateau are situated in the interior of the continent surrounded by much lower ground...
by CaesarVincens
Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:10 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Lexical categories for beginners?
Replies: 32
Views: 7336

Re: Lexical categories for beginners?

I don't see why it's impossible to have a list of parts of speech found in all natural languages. There are a finite number of natural languages, and we can even exclude fragmentary ones. Of those, there are probably many cases where two closely related languages have exactly the same parts of spee...
by CaesarVincens
Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:29 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Lexical categories for beginners?
Replies: 32
Views: 7336

Re: Lexical categories for beginners?

Sure, well like I said, if you haven't read Zompist's stuff yet, do that. (I do recommend both the print Language Construction Kit and Advanced Language Construction (alias LCK2: Electric Boogaloo)). His books are really a good introduction into linguistic basics (and more advanced stuff also). As f...
by CaesarVincens
Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:07 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Lexical categories for beginners?
Replies: 32
Views: 7336

Re: Lexical categories for beginners?

Sunandshadow, if you haven't already, take a look at what Zompist has written for the language construction kit (online edition if you don't have the book edition). From my perusal of Baker's Lexical Categories , nouns are words which refer to entities or concepts, verbs create predicates, and adjec...
by CaesarVincens
Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:06 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Telmona - Word order in Tǝɣrâ (isolating V2 language)
Replies: 19
Views: 6788

Re: Telmona - World Map

Very nice. I like the tenuous chain of islands between the northern and western continents.

Do you have any tectonics worked out? I always like tectonic verisimilitude, but it can be difficult to arrange with some style.
by CaesarVincens
Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:41 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: SCA2 questions
Replies: 87
Views: 32090

Re: SCA2 questions

Apparently, optional categories don't play well coming before non-optional categories in the environment part. Use the following code with the sample to see what happens. T=ptcbdg V/V²/_(T)Tu VT/\\/_(T)u u//TV_ If the code is used as is, you will get fco, jco, and scendo; if you switch (T) and T, so...
by CaesarVincens
Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:53 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: How did you do it?
Replies: 4
Views: 4448

Re: How did you do it?

Didn't you also change parts of Verdurian (and its sisters and cousins) to better derive from Cadinor and Proto-eastern, Zompist?
by CaesarVincens
Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:19 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: ConlangDictionary 0.3 - now phonology parsing is faster
Replies: 355
Views: 92930

Re: ConlangDictionary - I ATEN'T DEAD

Awesome! Thanks for the update.