miniatureconlangs

A blog about imaginary typology in imaginary languages.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Detail #37: Pragmatics and double negation

›
To rip off what probably actually happens in a load of actual languages: Let the resolution of whether repeated negation cancels out or no...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Detail #36: Duals and transitives

›
In a language where subjects and objects originally weren't that strictly distinguished, could it be possible for a dual verb to express...

Detail #35: 'anymore', 'anylonger'

›
Certain indefinite pronouns and comparatives have things in common, and this can be noted in how some languages actually use comparative for...
Saturday, April 20, 2013

Detail #34: Special subject nouns instead of auxiliaries

›
A system where several modes are expressed not by auxiliaries or by adverbs, but by replacing the subject with a modal subject. This subject...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Detail #33: Restriction on verb control

›
In constructions along the lines of: he tries to sleep she seems to sleep he tricked her to sell the stock she wants to see the movie wh...
2 comments:
Friday, April 5, 2013

Detail #32: Freely movable morphemes

›
And by this topic, I mean entirely freely movable morphemes - to the point that they can be freely infixed *anywhere* in any other word in t...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Detail #31: Pronouns doubling as particles

›
Certain pronouns - especially indefinite ones - lend themselves easily to adverbial uses as well, c.f. how some languages do not distinguish...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

Miekko
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.