Category: Organize/Plan/Structure

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…

Goal: Plan a strategy for comparative and superlative adverb forms Note: You do not need dedicated forms to be able to express a comparison of adverbs.  Tip: You may create multiple templates to demonstrate how your language can express these ideas using different strategies. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Consolidate your ideas from the past two days…

Goal: Plan a strategy for superlative forms in attributive positions Note: You may need to demonstrate how your language restructures these forms. Tip: Examples include phrases like “the smallest mouse” or “the most incredible experience.” Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Make a plan for superlatives in the attributive position in your conlang (or demonstrate how your conlang…

Goal: Plan a strategy for superlative forms in predicative positions Note: Focus for now only on predicative instances like “The mouse is smallest.” Tip: You may also consider instances where the superlative is treated like a nominal: “The mouse is the smallest.” Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Now that you’ve explored options for superlatives, focus today on…

Goal: Draft a plan for comparative strategies Note: List any new forms you need to create to support your decisions. Tip: If you’re not creating comparatives, plan ways of wording clauses to make achieve the same function. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Pick the comparative strategy/form that you will incorporate into your language and plan out what…

Goal: Strategize a method for adverbial nonfinite clauses Note: Put your ideas into action, creating templates, lexical forms, or whatever you need to support the structure. Tip: Use today to also create examples to showcase how these structures work. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Now that you’ve explored options for adverbial non-finite clause structures, put your ideas…

Goal: Plan a strategy for dealing with headless relative clauses Note: You may not have a similar structure that directly translates in the same way. Tip: Remember to focus on your language and the system you’re building as you make decisions. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Today’s goal is to lay out a plan for dealing with…

Goal: Decide if reason/condition clauses will have different structures Note: These clauses may need different T/A marking and conjunctions. Tip: Subordinating conjunctions for these clauses may include “if” and “because.” Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Decide if reason/condition adverb clauses will feature any differences in structure than other adverb clauses. For instance, a clause beginning with a…

Goal: Plan the structure of adverb clauses in your language Note: Identify any lexical forms you need for subordinating conjunctions. Tip: Focus first on adverb clauses expressing information about time and place. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Plan out the structure you will use for forming adverb clauses in your language, focusing first on clauses that express…

Goal: Review your dictionary Note: Make sure entries are standardized and have all the necessary parts. Tip: If you have any notes on words you want to create, you can add those in, too! Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Use today to review your dictionary and all its information. As you comb through the entries, one thing…