George and William invite Prof. William Croft to talk about his theoretical approach to word classes and constructions. Forget a language without adjectives, let’s talk about how your property concepts are predicated! http://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery140.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS
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This episode we talk all about adjectives, what you can do with them and how they fit into a language. Special Mention: Glow (2 days left on Kickstarter) Links and Resources Grune, D. (1995) Hopi Survey of an Uto-Aztecan Language. Halling, P. H. (2012). Semantic Types and Prototypical Adjectives and Adverbs (“Dixon Specials” on page… Read more »
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We introduce you to a new host: Mike Lentine. Then we cover the different ways you can get rid of adjectives or at least fuzz the distinctions between them and other word classes. Also, we try to figure out what Lojban is all about. Top of Show Greeting: Esperanto (translation by William) Featured Conlang: Lojban… Read more »
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