miniatureconlangs
A blog about imaginary typology in imaginary languages.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Detail #40: Reflexive possession blocker
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As a further idea to add to the stuff in this post , [...] Assuming that certain classes of nouns when appearing as objects of certain kin...
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Detail #39: A pronominal distinction
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In some languages, have two sets of third person pronouns. One set starting in one consonant, and the other set in some other. Preferrably, ...
Detail #38: Auxiliary verb thing in a polysynthetic language
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Inspired by the previous post, I came up with a simpler related concept. An auxiliary that does not code anything related to the meaning of ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Short Sketch #5: Definiteness marking and definiteness types
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Definiteness is a thing some languages do not grammaticalize to the extent English does, and on the other hand, some languages have it even ...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Static Fiction
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Most fiction that people read is in the form of stories. It would even seem that the story is the prototype for fiction. This is quite obvio...
Sunday, May 5, 2013
The long-term project: more draft-stage ideas
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On with the isolating conlang I have been planning. At some point soon, there will probably be a post related to it that violates one of the...
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...
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