Category: Organize/Plan/Structure

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…

Goal: Organize your pronoun system notes Note: Focus on how pronouns interact with inflections. Tip: Reduced forms can look quite different. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure I know, I know, I know. I’ve asked you to spend quite a few days creating and thinking about pronoun forms, yet I’m asking you to spend today reviewing everything you’ve…

Goal: Review and update your noun documentation Note: Look through your notes to ensure you didn’t miss anything. Tip: Don’t forget to update charts, if needed. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure As the final day (at least for a while) specifically focusing on nouns and the grammatical forms they can co-occur with, the task of the day…

Goal: Identify any possessive markers you need Note: Select the lexical sources for any new markers you want to create. Tip: These may be adpositions or affixes. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure The strategies you came up with for possession may require creating new grammatical markers. If so, use today to think through what lexical sources you…

Goal: Consider how adpositions and case will interact Note: You may want a preferred order for multiple adposition phrases. Tip: Strict word order can correlate with strict phrase order. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure If you have a case-marking language, you need to consider how your new adpositions will interact with those cases. Common lexical sources for…