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- Sun May 12, 2024 11:49 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 2960
- Views: 2849442
Re: Conlang Random Thread
almost rigidly head-initial ... animate nouns are placed before inanimate nouns, even if the animate noun is the syntactic object. That kinda contradict each other :D. No, it makes perfect sense to me. The verb is the head. eat\REAL-3sg Sam-NOM orange-ABS (VSO) fall_on\REAL-3sg mouse-ACC pillar-ERG...
- Sat May 11, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: bradrn’s scratchpad
- Replies: 116
- Views: 79980
Re: bradrn’s scratchpad
Pronouns Personal pronouns I’ve mentioned the personal pronouns a few times now. Here’s a full table: Focus (positive) Focus (negative) Subject Interrogative Object Accusative 1s ba- bo- b- bi- -ban rban 1p be- bo- ba- babi- -ben rben 2s ndi- ndi- n- mbi- -din ndin 2p nda- ndo- d- mbi- -den nden 3s...
- Sat May 11, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: War in the Middle East, again
- Replies: 420
- Views: 74122
Re: War in the Middle East, again
I was linked to this wonderfully refreshing view of the whole situation: 50 Completely True Things (by a Palestinian American). (Re the last few posts: the main reason I haven’t responded is because I’m starting to lose track of who said what. That makes it difficult to have any rational discussion,...
- Sat May 11, 2024 6:32 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Reverse Rominazation Challenge Thread, v2.0
- Replies: 121
- Views: 66306
Re: Reverse Rominazation Challenge Thread, v2.0
After four years, foxcatdog reminded me that this thread existed. So, let me have a go at solving my own challenge of four years ago: ⟨a e o⟩ /a e o/ ⟨aa ee oo⟩ /aː eː oː/ ⟨ã ẽ õ⟩ /ã ẽ õ/ ⟨ãã ẽẽ õõ⟩ /ãː ẽː õː/ ⟨V Vˉ Vˍ⟩ /V˥ V˧ V˩/ ⟨m n ɲ ŋ ñ⟩ /m n ɲ ŋ ɴ/ ⟨b d j g q⟩ /b d d͡ʒ ɡ ɢ/ ⟨t c k ꝁ⟩ /t t͡ʃ k ...
- Sat May 11, 2024 6:17 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Reverse Romanisation Thread
- Replies: 1
- Views: 23
Re: Reverse Romanisation Thread
There’s already a thread for this: viewtopic.php?t=56. It’s hard to find because the topic title has a typo.
(And thanks for reminding me about it! It was fun.)
(And thanks for reminding me about it! It was fun.)
- Sat May 11, 2024 5:29 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Brassica SCA [v0.2.0]
- Replies: 128
- Views: 80383
Re: Brassica SCA [v0.2.0]
For reference, this is my list of what to get done for the next release, which with luck could finally get to v1.0.0: Figure out some better way of handling stress, tone etc. Improve Brassica’s understanding of MDF dictionary files Allow display of intermediate results Get the CLI closer to feature ...
- Sat May 11, 2024 4:10 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Brassica SCA [v0.2.0]
- Replies: 128
- Views: 80383
Re: Brassica SCA [v0.2.0]
I always end up having to make a category "X" which is just all the left over shit like ŋ kʷ pʷ ɨ ˈ θ and never gets used for anything. Development has slowed down a lot, but finally got around to fixing this! In the next release, you’ll be able to write extra ŋ kʷ pʷ ɨ ' θ at the beginni...
- Fri May 10, 2024 7:11 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Brassica SCA [v0.2.0]
- Replies: 128
- Views: 80383
Re: Brassica SCA [v0.2.0]
I always end up having to make a category "X" which is just all the left over shit like ŋ kʷ pʷ ɨ ˈ θ and never gets used for anything. Development has slowed down a lot, but finally got around to fixing this! In the next release, you’ll be able to write extra ŋ kʷ pʷ ɨ ' θ at the beginni...
- Wed May 08, 2024 8:12 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: bradrn’s scratchpad
- Replies: 116
- Views: 79980
Re: bradrn’s scratchpad
Basic clause structure Although the verbal complex is greatly elaborated in Eŋes, non-verbal constituents also show considerable complexity. Particularly important are focus constructions, but basic clause structure is generally relevant for understanding the language. Constituent order I’ve alread...
- Wed May 08, 2024 3:29 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: War in the Middle East, again
- Replies: 420
- Views: 74122
Re: War in the Middle East, again
First of all, there's the equation with calling for resistance which may involve acts of violence with violence itself. That's a rhetoric sleight-of-hand which doesn't deserve a pass. You’re right, I’ve been sloppy here with my rhetoric. (It didn’t help that, in the beginning, I drastically overest...
- Wed May 08, 2024 3:25 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: The perception of rhythm in language
- Replies: 15
- Views: 256
Re: The perception of rhythm in language
I had noticed that the prose of it was to my mind unusual yet i had not quite noticed it till it was pointed out. For those of you who are wondering, this was my reaction too. Some of the idioms (e.g. "makes segmenting speech a breeze") struck me as peculiar, but I put that down to the fa...
- Wed May 08, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: War in the Middle East, again
- Replies: 420
- Views: 74122
Re: War in the Middle East, again
so you do think the vote for women, the 40 hour week, the vacation, were won by asking nicely? no, sir, sometimes there is no way to protest without some base level of violence I’ve been considering my thoughts on this post and, I think, it ultimately comes down to a basic philosophical disagreemen...
- Tue May 07, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: The perception of rhythm in language
- Replies: 15
- Views: 256
Re: The perception of rhythm in language
Aww, pity, I got it wrong! The follow-up paper identifies the metre as iambic, not trochaic. Incidentally, if anyone feels in the mood for more poetry, I can refer them to the classic reference on dihalobenzene reactions — or any of the others in this vein . Or, for that matter, The 13 Clocks is a ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: The perception of rhythm in language
- Replies: 15
- Views: 256
Re: The perception of rhythm in language
I’m curious how many people noticed that this paper… …is itself a great example of some prose in metric time? For it’s plain to see its rhythm is trochaic octameter, with the end of every sentence counting as a final rhyme. (Obviously alice has, but anyone else? If you haven’t, don’t spoil it by exp...
- Tue May 07, 2024 1:06 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: War in the Middle East, again
- Replies: 420
- Views: 74122
Re: War in the Middle East, again
I’m sorry, but this is not ‘latent’ antisemitism. This is antisemitism. ‘The Jews are coming to kill us all and replace us’ is one of the oldest and most persistent antisemitic canards there is. I’ve been the target of this accusation myself, long before the current events. You have missed Torco's ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: War in the Middle East, again
- Replies: 420
- Views: 74122
Re: War in the Middle East, again
Responding in reverse order: many jewish kids apparently come to patagonia after their period of exterminating palestininans on vacation, and plenty buy land there, and a lot of locals are starting to wonder are we going to start getting genocided in our own country too? israel started as zionists b...
- Tue May 07, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: Languages
- Topic: The Great Proto-Indo-European Thread's Sequel
- Replies: 908
- Views: 1083320
Re: The Great Proto-Indo-European Thread's Sequel
Also from the linked thread... In fact, 'apple' happens to be a Wanderwort found in several families, including IE itself (although somewhat disguised). :) What families? Why is the loanword hypothesis better than the idea that *h₂ébl̥/*h₂ébōl is an irregular metathesis of *méh₂lom, which has much ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 5:42 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: War in the Middle East, again
- Replies: 420
- Views: 74122
Re: War in the Middle East, again
Anti-semitism is specifically hatred of Jews. Which is why, incidentally, I always write it without a hyphen. It’s really not a great term: in fact its early use was mostly by antisemites themselves, who were looking for a more ‘scientific’ word than ‘Jew-hate’. The orthography of antisemitism is o...
- Tue May 07, 2024 3:44 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: War in the Middle East, again
- Replies: 420
- Views: 74122
Re: War in the Middle East, again
Which is why, incidentally, I always write it without a hyphen. It’s really not a great term: in fact its early use was mostly by antisemites themselves, who were looking for a more ‘scientific’ word than ‘Jew-hate’.
- Tue May 07, 2024 3:40 am
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: Conlang Random Thread
- Replies: 2960
- Views: 2849442
Re: Conlang Random Thread
A sentence consists of a number of "root" words indicating weather and the speaker's mood. Sentences typically have 3 roots. Diverging from this pattern confers special significance. A number of prefixes and suffixes are added to these "roots" that communicate what humans think ...