Category: Solidify/Write/Share

Goal: Update your dictionary and/or expand documentation Note: If you created new forms, make sure they are included in your dictionary. Tip: If needed, expand your section on relative clauses to include more examples and descriptions. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today’s goal continues documentation of relative clauses. If needed, update your dictionary to ensure all the…

Goal: Write a section on relative clauses Note: Make sure to showcase their internal structure, as well as their placement. Tip: You’ll have time to work on this tomorrow, too, so you can split up the work as you see fit. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today’s focus is on documentation. Spend time working on a section…

Goal: Update your dictionary as needed Note: Make sure you include any new forms you’ve created for the wh-forms. Tip: Sometimes it’s helpful to include more etymological information in entries. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Take time today to update your dictionary as needed, ensuring your new wh-words are entered. That may also mean entering new lexical…

Goal: Expand the wh-word question section Note: Discuss adverb-oriented questions in your document. Tip: Include examples and note any areas where these forms may differ from other questions. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Focus on your language documentation today, expanding your section on wh-questions to include descriptions of questions targeting temporal, spatial, manner, and reason information. In…

Goal: Write an introduction to wh-word questions Note: Focus this section on strategies for questioning NP elements. Tip: Include examples that question NPs in a variety of clausal positions. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Start writing a section on wh-word questions in your language documentation, focusing on the strategies you’ve created for questioning noun phrase elements. Include…

Goal: Write a section on y/n questions Note: Include a variety of examples and include ways to answer the questions. Tip: As you work, also update your dictionary and head word forms as needed. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Document your work on y/n questions by writing a section in your conlang’s grammar. Be sure to include…

Goal: Write a section on imperatives Note: Incorporate the examples you created yesterday in your description. Tip: Remember to discuss any distinctions you make in imperative forms. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Formalize your work on imperative clauses by writing a section in your language documentation to describe them and provide examples, being sure to showcase their…

Goal: Write a section describing phrasal coordination Note: Be sure to provide examples to demonstrate how they work. Tip: Update your dictionary as needed! Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Use today to take a step back and update your language document. Write a section covering phrasal coordination, incorporating the examples you’ve created to demonstrate how they work…

Goal: Formalize your naming strategies Note: Write a section in your language document about how names are formed. Tip: As you update your dictionary, decide if you want to include place names. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Take some time to formalize your naming strategies in your language documentation, writing a section (or two, if needed) about…

Goal: Enter time words into your dictionary Note: Write the definitions so they reflect how your speakers view time. Tip: Use extra notes to indicate what Earthly concepts they might be similar to. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today’s goal is to enter the new words you’ve created into your dictionary. As you write the definitions, try…