Hmm, interesting. I'd need to dive deeper into Yokuts, specifically on what evidence they use to justify the underspecified vowels (looking quickly at the Wikipedia, I can think of one little piece of evidence I want to see before I accept those vowels as truly underspecified).
Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #94: Face and Politeness)
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #74: Vowel Harmony)
George Corley
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #74: Vowel Harmony)
If i remember correctly, [+atr] refers to lax vowels, not tense. This is indeed confusing.
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #74: Vowel Harmony)
Nope. At least this chart gives [+atr] to vowels that are generally considered to be [+tense]: https://www.msu.edu/course/asc/232/DF/DF_Tables.htmlfinlay wrote:If i remember correctly, [+atr] refers to lax vowels, not tense. This is indeed confusing.
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #74: Vowel Harmony)
It's always kind of funny to see serious linguistics papers by fellow/former Zeebers linked here.Vuvuzela wrote:Valley
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #74: Vowel Harmony)
Glad to see a new episode! Will listen soon.
Do you guys mention Jamaican English? Wiki says it has vowel harmony.
Do you guys mention Jamaican English? Wiki says it has vowel harmony.
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #75: Alashian)
George Corley
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: SHORTS #02: Chengyu)
George Corley
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #76: Definiteness)
George Corley
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #77: FairyLang)
George Corley
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #78: Linguistics Papers)
George Corley
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #78: Linguistics Papers)
I've got some free time coming up next week so I'll try to catch up on some of these.
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #79: Cherokee (natlang))
Apologies for slight tardiness. I did have the family Christmas to attend. Conlangery #79: Cherokee (natlang)
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #79: Cherokee (natlang))
Oh thank you so much Santa!
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: SHORTS #03: Expand Lexeme
Check out the latest episode, a short featuring William Annis: Conlangery SHORTS #03: Expanding your Lexemes
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: SHORTS #03: Expand Lexeme
Happy New Year! (Lol)
I agree about the phrases vs. words. I think you see that as a way of consolidating lexicons too like Basic English or toki pona; because I've tried these langauges I can appreciate how productive this can be, especially English light verbs and prepositional idioms (is that what they're called?) incidentally Ogden Nash called the desire of people to have a word for every idea "word magic".
What do you think of using computational linguistics resources to build up your language? I've recently stumbled on a whole pile of these and I've been trying to figure how best to use them e.g. semlink, the preposition project. (I've gotten really inspired and I feel like they're a good model for organization.)
I agree about the phrases vs. words. I think you see that as a way of consolidating lexicons too like Basic English or toki pona; because I've tried these langauges I can appreciate how productive this can be, especially English light verbs and prepositional idioms (is that what they're called?) incidentally Ogden Nash called the desire of people to have a word for every idea "word magic".
What do you think of using computational linguistics resources to build up your language? I've recently stumbled on a whole pile of these and I've been trying to figure how best to use them e.g. semlink, the preposition project. (I've gotten really inspired and I feel like they're a good model for organization.)
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: SHORTS #03: Expand Lexeme
Of course, things like Basic English illustrate the fact that a lexeme can be a phrase. One of the major criticisms of Basic English is that while there are only 800 "words", there are dozens of idiomatic expressions that have to be learned as separate lexical entries.meltman wrote:Happy New Year! (Lol)
I agree about the phrases vs. words. I think you see that as a way of consolidating lexicons too like Basic English or toki pona; because I've tried these langauges I can appreciate how productive this can be, especially English light verbs and prepositional idioms (is that what they're called?) incidentally Ogden Nash called the desire of people to have a word for every idea "word magic".
What do you think of using computational linguistics resources to build up your language? I've recently stumbled on a whole pile of these and I've been trying to figure how best to use them e.g. semlink, the preposition project. (I've gotten really inspired and I feel like they're a good model for organization.)
George Corley
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: SHORTS #03: Expand Lexeme
I don't see how that's worse than learning separate words, just the opposite in fact, unless the dictionary isn't very good; they should be included along with the senses of words.Ollock wrote:Of course, things like Basic English illustrate the fact that a lexeme can be a phrase. One of the major criticisms of Basic English is that while there are only 800 "words", there are dozens of idiomatic expressions that have to be learned as separate lexical entries.meltman wrote:...
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: SHORTS #03: Expand Lexeme
Whether or not it's "worse" isn't the point. It just means the claim that the language "only has 800 words" is rather dishonest.meltman wrote:I don't see how that's worse than learning separate words, just the opposite in fact, unless the dictionary isn't very good; they should be included along with the senses of words.
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: SHORTS #03: Expand Lexeme
Well, this is all true but that should be a well-aired point by now.Trailsend wrote:Whether or not it's "worse" isn't the point. It just means the claim that the language "only has 800 words" is rather dishonest.meltman wrote:I don't see how that's worse than learning separate words, just the opposite in fact, unless the dictionary isn't very good; they should be included along with the senses of words.
The best we can claim is that it productively builds on what the learner knows how to pronounce.
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: SHORTS #04: Episode 13 Bo
George Corley
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #80: Zonal Auxlangs)
George Corley
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #80: Zonal Auxlangs)
Nice one! There really is a lot going on here and I congratulate you for touching on things.
I believe our very one of our very own made a Germanic conlang awhile ago.
I believe our very one of our very own made a Germanic conlang awhile ago.
Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #80: Zonal Auxlangs)
Just expressing my approval of the last couple of podcasts. Great work.
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Re: Conlangery Podcast (Latest Ep: #80: Zonal Auxlangs)
Thanks. Always good to hear.brandrinn wrote:Just expressing my approval of the last couple of podcasts. Great work.
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