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- Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:56 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Game: Let's Reform English
- Replies: 339
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Re: Game: Let's Reform English
Contrastive stress is lost. Word-initial geminate stops degeminate. <are> regularizes to /ə/. Nasal consonants cause a preceding vowel to be nasalized, then nasal consonants elide when not before a vowel. /xw/ :> /f/ /my fɛt͡sə̃ əɾ ə ʏ naːh fɪkːɪ̃ əː jə fũ fə ɛ̃niwə̃ wə tɪt ʏ kəː fələ yteː t͡ʃəs tʏ...
- Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:15 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Game: Let's Reform English
- Replies: 339
- Views: 98092
Re: Game: Let's Reform English
/ɛʏ jʏ/ :> /œʏ ɥʏ/. (Only awake enough to come up with one sound change right now.) /ˌmɔɪ ˈkʰwɛstən əz ˌə ˈɥʏ ˌnɑt̚ ˈpʰɪkɪŋ ˈʌp̚ jə ˈfun fə ˈɛniˌwʌn ʊə dɪd ˈɥʏ ɡət̚ ˈkʰʊələ ˈɔɪˈdeɪ d͡ʒəs ˌtʏ əˈvəɪd meɪ? ʊə ˌə ɥʏ ˈskɹeɪnɪŋ? œə ˈɥʏ ˈlɪsənɪŋ tə ˈmeɪ, ˈɹɔɪt̚ ˈnœʏ? pʰɪk̚ ˈʌp̚ də ˈfun, ˈɛmə. ˈdɪs ɪz jə ˈd...
- Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:20 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Game: Let's Reform English
- Replies: 339
- Views: 98092
Re: Game: Let's Reform English
That's more than enough :P /ˌmaɪ ˈkʰwɛst͡ʃən əz ˌɚ ˈjʊ ˌnɑt ˈpʰɪkɪŋ ˈʌp jɚ ˈfoʊn fɚ ˈɛniˌwʌn ɔ˞ dɪd ˈjʊ ɡɨt ˈkʰɔlɚ ˈaɪˈdiː d͡ʒəst ˌtʊ əˈvɔɪd miː? ɔ˞ ˌɚ jʊ ˈskɹiːnɪŋ? ɑ˞ ˈjʊ ˈlɪsənɪŋ tə ˈmiː, ˈɹaɪt ˈnaʊ? pʰɪk ˈʌp ðə ˈfoʊn, ˈɛmə. ˈðɪs ɪz jɚ ˈdæd ənd ˌjʊɚ ˈhɝɾɪŋ miː ə ˈlɑt. ˈpʰliːz pʰɪk ˈʌp ðə ˈfoʊn./ ...
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 5:41 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Game: Let's Reform English
- Replies: 339
- Views: 98092
Re: Game: Let's Reform English
Retroactive correction of an /n/ that failed to elide despite no following vowel. /ə̆ ɜ̆/ merge and raise to /ɨ̆/. /ɨ̆j ɨ̆w/ :> /ɨ ʉ/ /tl/ :> /tl/ Unless before a vowel: /ɨ̆ɾ ɔːɾ/ :> /ɨ ɔː/ Remaining postvocalic /ɾ/ :> /ː/ [*]/a ɛ/ :> /æ e/ before /j/ [*]/æj ej ow/ :> /æː eː oː/ EXCEPT before a vow...
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:48 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
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- Views: 704655
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Is /ʀ/ /ɣ/ /ɰ/ attested?
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 12:11 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Unpredictable placename pronunciations
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6856
Re: Unpredictable placename pronunciations
That has to be it.
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:59 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Incorrect pronunciations you have (or have had) to unlearn
- Replies: 669
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Re: Incorrect pronunciations you have (or have had) to unlea
Thought of another one I was guilty of: pronouncing <olive> to rhyme with <alive>. My family teased me about that one.
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:52 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Unpredictable placename pronunciations
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6856
Re: Unpredictable placename pronunciations
The first syllable of "Staunton" has the same vowel as "pan". They do for me as well. I think of /æ/ as being the vowel in <cat> which is not the same as that in <pan, Staunton> at least for me. Maybe I'm a bit off my rocker -- checking the vowels on the wiktionary entries -- both transcribed as si...
- Sat Feb 27, 2016 4:03 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Unpredictable placename pronunciations
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6856
Re: Incorrect pronunciations you have (or have had) to unlea
But how about some from around my part of the country? [Well, not really, but near enough for me to know] Well... Here are my attempts. Watch me fail miserably :P Wrotham: /ˈɹɔθ.m̩/ Meopham /ˈmeɪ.joʊ.ˌfam/ Vigo: /ˈviː.ˌɡoʊ/ Mereworth: /mɛɚ.wɔ˞θ/ Trottiscliffe: /ˈtʰɹɔt.ɪs.ˌklif/ Capel-le-Ferne: /kə....
- Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:39 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Incorrect pronunciations you have (or have had) to unlearn
- Replies: 669
- Views: 181066
Re: Incorrect pronunciations you have (or have had) to unlea
"Edinburgh", which I originally thought was pronounced "Eden-berg". Welcome to the quagmire of British place names. How d'you think Leicester and Worcester are pronounced, without googling? /ˈlaɪ.ses.tɚ/ and /ˈwɚ.stɚ/ respectively (though I can see a /ˈwɚ.ses.tɚ/ mispronunciation). I always make a ...
- Fri Feb 26, 2016 8:04 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Incorrect pronunciations you have (or have had) to unlearn
- Replies: 669
- Views: 181066
Incorrect pronunciations you have (or have had) to unlearn
Are there any words that you know you tend to pronounce wrong (that can't be explained by a foreign accent) but do that way anyway out of habit? Here are a few of mine: The only one coming to my mind that isn't a place name: the English word "meme". I'm largely unused to /iːm/ being spelled <eme> at...
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:51 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Game: Let's Reform English
- Replies: 339
- Views: 98092
Re: Game: Let's Reform English
V² :> Vː VN :> Ṽ, then nasal consonants elide EXCEPT before a vowel, even if it's in the next word (though the exception does not apply if a pause intervenes). Word-final obstruents devoice. t d k g :> t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ / _[ɪ i] /ˈɔːɾ ˈfɑtɑɾ u ɑɾt ɪ̃n ˈɛvɛ̃, ˈæloʊt bi taɪ neɪ̃. taɪ ˈt͡ʃɪ̃d͡zɪ̃ kʌ̃. t...
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 1:12 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 704655
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
I can buy that.KathTheDragon wrote:Oh, sorry, yes, I meant to say word-finally.Chengjiang wrote:Depends. Are you saying that every single vowel that isn't followed by a [h] is lost? If so, I'd say that strains credibility. But maybe you mean something less sweeping.KathTheDragon wrote:Is *V *Vh > Ø V plausible? V can be any vowel, long or short.
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 1:31 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
- Replies: 94
- Views: 42752
Re: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
This is turning to be less of a quickie than I thought xD
Now I'M the one thrown for a loop! How can a feature have more granular distinctions than itself?hwhatting wrote:in generally, the past tense tends to show more granular distinctions than the past or the future tense,
- Tue Feb 16, 2016 4:11 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Game: Let's Reform English
- Replies: 339
- Views: 98092
Re: Game: Let's Reform English
...Well, that was quick xD
- Tue Feb 16, 2016 4:08 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
- Replies: 94
- Views: 42752
Re: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
Retrospective is what they calls "perfect" (They did not invent this usage, it is mentioned in the wikipedia article on the perfect aspect). I got that, but in that case "Perfective would be the opposite of retrospective, as expected" doesn't make sense. It makes. You just have to realize it's actu...
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 11:13 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Game: Let's Reform English
- Replies: 339
- Views: 98092
Re: Game: Let's Reform English
ɸ β :> f v Rhoticity is lost, leaving length in its place. m̩ n̩ :> mɐ nɐ /ˈkʰɑːŋəɹəs ˈʃəl ˌmeːk ˈnoː ˌlɔ ɹiˈspektiːŋ niˈstɛvəliʃmnɐt əv ɹiˈlid͡ʒnɐ, ɔː pʰəɹoːˈhivəθiːŋ ðə ˈfəɹiː ˈekʃəːˌseːz ˌðeˈɹav; ɔː əˈvəɹiʒiːŋ ðə ˈfəɹiːdmɐ əv ˈspiːt͡ʃ, ɔː əv ðə ˈpəɹes; ɔː ðə ˈɹeːt əv ðə ˈpʰifələ ˈpʰiːsəvəli tu ə...
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:42 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
- Replies: 94
- Views: 42752
Re: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
1) 1st inclusive / exclusive makes only sense for non-singular, as the distinction implies a group. Kinda what I was getting at with the simplification. 2) Can you explain what the prospective / retrospective do? If they mean what the labels say and are distinct from future / past, they're relative...
- Sun Feb 14, 2016 12:23 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 704655
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
The way I see this happening is to fortite /θ ð/ to /t d/ and go from there, possibly after getting ideas from Hawaiian (which had t k).TinyMusic wrote:Is this attested? If not, is it possible?:
θ -> kʲ
ð -> gʲ
- Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:50 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
- Replies: 94
- Views: 42752
Re: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
I accidentally reversed the imperfective and perfective in the charts (it's the latter, not the former, that's unmarked)—will get to them—but I like your ideas for the most part. I thought of a further simplification: Is it really that useful to distinguish aspect in the infinitive? I don't see many...
- Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:31 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
- Replies: 94
- Views: 42752
Re: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
OK, I think I'm going to need some help here. Here's what the slots look like for the finite forms of the verbs: http://i.imgur.com/SkXizEZ.png Every combination of the above is theoretically legal—all 768. Only the root slot (obviously) and the person slot have to be filled; if the slots to their r...
- Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:35 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
- Replies: 94
- Views: 42752
Re: Grammaticalization Quickie Thread
When you're dealing with an agglutinative language (well... one you're trying to turn into a fusional language via sound change, anyway), what correlation is there between how often forms of a word are used and how likely they are to survive? I've managed to create a verbal system for such a languag...
- Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:18 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Game: Let's Reform English
- Replies: 339
- Views: 98092
Re: Game: Let's Reform English
OK, it's getting a bit strained now. Let's start anew... /ˈkʰɑŋɡɹəs ˈʃəl ˌmeɪk ˈnoʊ ˌlɔ ɹiˈspɛktɪŋ nɪˈstæblɪʃmn̩t əv ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒn̩, ɔ˞ pʰɹoʊˈhɪbətɪŋ ðə ˈfɹiː ˈɛksɚˌsaɪz ˌðɛˈɹʌv; ɔ˞ əˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ ðə ˈfɹiːdm̩ əv ˈspiːt͡ʃ, ɔ˞ əv ðə ˈpɹɛs; ɔ˞ ðə ˈɹaɪt əv ðə ˈpʰipl̩ ˈpʰiːsəbli tʊ əˈsɛmbl̩, n̩d tə pəˈtɪʃn̩ ðə ˈ...
- Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:46 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Game: Let's Reform English
- Replies: 339
- Views: 98092
Re: Game: Let's Reform English
Maybe... Register tone develops: ʔ :> ˥ / _$ s ʃ :> ˩ / _$ All other syllables are given mid tone, ˧. The pronunciation of <is> is regularized to /ɑ˞˧/ in order to preserve it. b d g :> p t k _$ Voiced stops before a voiceless consonant in the same syllable become voiceless. /di˩ fɜ˧du˧wɜ˧ i˧wi˧ sɔ...
- Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:30 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Game: Let's Reform English
- Replies: 339
- Views: 98092
Re: Game: Let's Reform English
More retroactive corrections... I'm sloppy :( Syllabic /r/ :> /ɝ/ /ɜr/ :> /ɝ/ /ɹ/ :> /w/, then /ww/ :> /vw/, then /pv/ :> /bv/ /iw/ :> /ju/ /tʃ dʒ/ :> /ʃ ʒ/ Contrastive stress is lost. /dis fɜ.du.wɜ i.wi sʌw bvwæd.li ɜ.pwʌ mi.hid ɝ mu dɜ ʒɜsʔ ɜ pɜs ɜb klæ.si hid.wi, iʔ sɪ.bɜ.li.rɝ mi.jɪ.ti.lɜ.ʒɜs ɜ...