miniatureconlangs
A blog about imaginary typology in imaginary languages.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Detail #37: Pragmatics and double negation
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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...
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Friday, April 5, 2013
Detail #32: Freely movable morphemes
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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
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Certain pronouns - especially indefinite ones - lend themselves easily to adverbial uses as well, c.f. how some languages do not distinguish...
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