Zompist Bboard Again

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You could use a resumptive pronoun in the complement position of the relevant adposition: the child [ RC that I read a book [ PP for him/her ] ] That is still oblique relativization. In WALS, basque has none, not even resumptive pronoun.. Can you clarify what you mean by a language lacking oblique ...

Akangka wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 9:05 am How do a language with neither oblique relativization nor applicative voice relativize on the non-subject?
Using oblique relativization is simple.

You could use a resumptive pronoun in the complement position of the relevant adposition:

the child [_RC that I read a book [_PP for him/her ] ]

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Even if your language is very permissive about consonant cluster, you still need to establish the phonotactics. For example, Nuxalk has C(V)(C) phonotactics. In fact, I bet that there is no languge with word consisting of single plosive without being cliticized. And all language with vowelless word...

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Where on the spectrum of crackpottery/trollery is this decipherment attempt?

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Here's another dissertation: Gouskova (2003) [pdf] on syncope. That article looks very interesting as well, but it looks very jargony - I can't understand it because I don't know Optimality Theory. Could you give a summary, or at least point me to some resources to help understand it. Indeed it's q...

Here's a whole dissertation on hiatus resolution: Casali (1996) [pdf] . That might give you some concrete ideas. It's very comprehensive, with lots of information on which vowel is deleted, how often it happens, vowel coalescence, etc. Ah, thanks, that looks quite interesting! I should have specifi...

Here's a whole dissertation on hiatus resolution: Casali (1996) [pdf]. That might give you some concrete ideas.

Well, conlanging is an art. Experiment. Try different combinations. Be creative and play with something wacky that's *gasp* unattested in a natural language. Choose the processes that lead to outcomes you find personally appealing, or go with them all and make a language family. Read grammars of lan...

Let's say I have a language where vowels are not allowed to be next to each other (is there a technical term for that?); that is, no diphthongs or hiatuses. However, there is a glottal stop, so e.g. /gaʔen/ is allowed. If glottal stops are lost intervocalically (which seems fairly reasonable), what...

Many thanks for the replies!

ónò èst pʌ́vʌ́nʌ̀sk?
/RED-ˈtò ˈèts=t RED-pǽˈʔʌ̀ts=k/
EDGE-where want₁:NPST.2SG=2SG EDGE-travel:INF=PFX₁
'Where do you want to travel?'

After many years of developing a conlang, I figure it's time I reify it by writing a grammatical sketch. I'm curious to hear your advice for going about this. One problem I'm facing is that everything is currently too abstract. The phonology, morphology, and syntax are all very well fleshed out in m...

Shot in the dark: does anyone remember a conscript based on cuneiform that was posted many moons ago on the old ZBB? I seem to remember it being used by vampires. It's stuck in my memory as one of the most beautiful conscripts I've encountered, and I wonder if the creator continued working on it. I'...