Tag: conlang
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Day 253: September 9, 2024
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…
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Day 252: September 8, 2024
Goal: Explore options for headless relative clause forms Note: These include structures like “I’ll go wherever you go” or “Love what you do.” Tip: These may be similar to your non-embedded clause forms or to your relative clause strategies. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Take some time to explore options for handling headless relative clause situations in…
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Day 251: September 7, 2024
Goal: Document your adverb clause decisions Note: Incorporate the examples you’ve created and be sure to explain them. Tip: If you have a special section for dependent clause structures, you can add this documentation to it. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today’s goal is to document all the decisions you’ve made about adverb clauses. Incorporate the examples…
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Day 250: September 6, 2024
Goal: Create some more examples of adverb clauses Note: Work on expanding your examples to include more complex structures. Tip: If any of your clauses require special inflections, make sure you include examples of them. Work focus: Create/Make/List Expand your work from yesterday to create more examples of adverb clauses and try to create some…
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Day 249: September 5, 2024
Goal: Create your first examples of adverb clauses Note: Focus on creating simple examples to demonstrate basic features and placement options. Tip: This is the first day reserved for creating adverb clauses—tomorrow will continue the work! Work focus: Create/Make/List You’ve spent time exploring and planning the structures of adverb clauses. Today’s goal is to create…
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Day 248: September 4, 2024
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…
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Day 247: September 3, 2024
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…
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Day 246: September 2, 2024
Goal: Explore options for forming adverb clauses Note: These dependent clauses differ from others in that they are not embedded in the matrix clause. Tip: Consider options such as subordinating conjunctions, placement, and word order. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Today’s goal is to explore options for forming adverb clauses. These are a type of dependent clause—they…
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Day 245: September 1, 2024
Goal: Document your clausal coordination strategy Note: You can add this information to your section on coordination. Tip: Don’t forget to include examples to showcase how clausal coordination works. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today’s goal is to document your decisions on clausal coordination by expanding the section on coordination in general. You may not need to…
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Day 244: August 31, 2024
Goal: Create a strategy for joining clauses Note: Also create any forms you need to support your ideas. Tip: Make sure you provide examples, including “and/but/or.” Work focus: Create/Make/List Yesterday you explored options for joining clauses together. Today’s goal is to create the strategy (or strategies) you selected for your language and then create examples…