Category: Organize/Plan/Structure

Goal: Plan the structure of NPs with multiple modifiers Note: Decide what the order will be when there are multiple modifiers and/or inflections. Tip: A template can help keep phrases ordered and consistent. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Plan out how you are going to handle noun phrase structures that involve multiple modifiers and/or inflections. It’s important…

Goal: Make a plan for your adjectives Note: Decide if non-basic adjectives will come from nouns and/or verbs. Tip: This decision is linked to adjective agreement. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Now that you have brainstormed options, today’s goal is to make a plan for your adjectives—specifically, non-basic adjectives. Regardless of whether your language has adjectives that…

Goal: Review and clean up dictionary entries Note: You may want to include argument structure information in causative entries. Tip: Consider adding an affixed causative to head word forms. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure It’s a housekeeping day! Take some time to clean up your dictionary entries and expand them where needed. If your causative strategy involved…

Goal: Make a plan for a valency-increasing strategy Note: Clearly list any verbs or lexical sources you need for your strategy. Tip: Focus first on one strategy before tackling more. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Now that you have brainstormed ideas for valency-increasing strategies (such as a causative form), use today to make concrete plans for what…

Goal: Plan your strategy for (anti)passivization Note: Decide how to handle situations with an unknown or absent primary argument. Tip: Not all languages have a specific passive inflection. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Now that you have explored options for how the (anti)passive can be formed, today’s focus is on planning out your strategy. You don’t need…

Goal: Comb through dictionary entries to check for accuracy Note: Continue updating any verb inflections you need to add. Tip: Write up a section on how entries are formatted. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure It’s another organization kind of day, with a continued goal of updating dictionary entries and checking to make sure all the entries are…

Goal: Review verb inflections to add in dictionary entries Note: Focus especially on any forms that are irregular or not fully predictable. Tip: It can be helpful even if the forms are rather predictable. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure You’ve written up information about verb inflections and entered verbs into the dictionary, but today’s focus is a…

Goal: Map out the components of your verb structure Note: Include a variety of verb types, especially if they are marked differently. Tip: A chart or series of charts can be helpful! Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Sometimes, creating multiple elements that occur with a single head word can make it difficult to keep track of what…

Goal: Organize your notes on verb inflections Note: List any strategies and/or lexical items you will need to create for the inflections. Tip: The lexical sources can affect placement of the inflections. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure It’s an organizational day! Today is set aside for organizing your notes on your ideas for verb inflections so far…

Goal: List templates for basic clause structures Note: These will help focus the upcoming work on verbs. Tip: Make sure the forms are diverse! Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure In preparation for the upcoming focus on verbs, the goal for today is to create some basic clause “template” structures to work with. These will serve as forms…