Category: Conlang Year
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Day 284: October 10, 2024
Goal: Consider what verbs are allowed in quotative constructions Note: Some languages allow more flexible quoting verb options. Tip: Quoting verb variety can be genre-dependent. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Today’s goal is to consider whether you want to allow more flexible quoting verb options within your quotative constructions. In some languages, very few verbs participate in…
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Day 283: October 9, 2024
Goal: Write a section on quotative strategies Note: Include the examples you created to demonstrate quotative features. Tip: If your language distinguishes types of reported speech, highlight those distinctions. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today’s goal is to document your work on quotative strategies and (in)direct speech. In your grammar, include the examples you created with descriptions…
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Day 282: October 8, 2024
Goal: Create example sentences with direct & indirect speech Note: Use these examples to demonstrate how your language handles both. Tip: Pairs of examples can help demonstrate distinctions. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to create example sentences with direct and indirect speech to demonstrate how your language handles these situations. It’s helpful to include…
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Day 281: October 7, 2024
Goal: Create quotative forms as needed and at least one example Note: If you create new lexical forms, make sure you add them to the dictionary. Tip: Focus first on creating a basic quotative example—a prototype. Work focus: Create/Make/List First, create any forms you need to support your quotative strategies. Then create at least one…
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Day 280: October 6, 2024
Goal: Organize your notes on (in)direct speech strategies Note: Make a list of any forms you need, whether it’s new verbs or a subordinator. Tip: If you also mark evidentiality, consider how those markers interact with (in)direct speech. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Today’s goal is to organize the notes you’ve made over the past couple days…
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Day 279: October 5, 2024
Goal: Brainstorm ways to distinguish direct from indirect speech Note: You can consider verb choice, subordinator(s), and grammatical features. Tip: These can be distinguished in the quotative and/or the reported speech. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Today’s goal is to explore and brainstorm strategies specifically for distinguishing direct from indirect speech. One option is not to distinguish…
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Day 278: October 4, 2024
Goal: Explore options for indicating (in)direct speech Note: These strategies offer speakers a way to indicate they are reporting speech. Tip: Useful terms include “quotative” and “attribute tag.” Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Languages often have ways for speakers to indicate when they are sharing information someone else had previously said—ways of indicating reported speech. When telling…
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Day 277: October 3, 2024
Goal: Review and update your dictionary as needed Note: Comparative inflectional forms may need to be added to head words. Tip: Comparative/superlative inflections can be showcased in charts. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Today’s goal is to review and update your dictionary as needed. If you have inflectional affixes for comparative and superlative adjectives and/or adverbs, you…
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Day 276: October 2, 2024
Goal: Update your grammar’s adverb section Note: Incorporate the examples of comparative/superlative situations. Tip: It may work better to have a section dedicated to comparisons. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today is a documentation day. Incorporate the examples you created for adverbs in comparative and superlative situations to demonstrate how your conlang handles them—whether your language has…
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Day 275: October 1, 2024
Goal: Create examples of comparative and superlative adverbs Note: Or create examples to show what your language does instead! Tip: Consider if all adverbs participate in these constructions. Work focus: Create/Make/List Today’s goal is to create examples to showcase how comparative and superlative adverb forms (or constructions) work in your conlang. Or, as the case…