Category: Conlang Year
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Day 260: September 16, 2024
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…
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Day 259: September 15, 2024
Goal: Brainstorm ideas for comparative strategies for adjectives Note: This may mean creating new inflections, adverbs, and/or clausal strategies. Tip: Not all languages have specific comparative forms or structures. Figure out what works best for you! Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Today’s goal is to brainstorm (and research) ideas for comparative strategies for adjectives. In some languages,…
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Day 258: September 14, 2024
Goal: Document your non-finite adverbial structures Note: Figure out the best section for this, whether it’s with dependent clauses, adverb forms, or another area. Tip: As ever, remember to include examples and descriptions! Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today’s task is to document your non-finite adverbial structures and the decisions you’ve made about them. Figure out where…
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Day 257: September 13, 2024
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…
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Day 256: September 12, 2024
Goal: Brainstorm options for non-finite/reduced adverbial clauses Note: These are participial or infinitival structures that function adverbially rather than as nominals or modifiers. Tip: Like adverb clauses, these are non-embedded forms that add to the information without structural incorporation. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try You have already considered and created non-finite structures that function as modifiers and…
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Day 255: September 11, 2024
Goal: Expand the section on dependent clauses Note: Incorporate the new information on headless relative clause strategies. Tip: You may consider adding an appendix of features not found in your language to keep them separate. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Today’s goal is to expand your documentation of dependent clauses to include information on your headless relative…
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Day 254: September 10, 2024
Goal: Create examples of headless relative clause-like situations Note: Even if your language doesn’t have these structures, show how you will translate them. Tip: Sometimes you need to figure out strategies for future translations—write these out so you don’t forget them! Work focus: Create/Make/List If your language will have headless relative clauses (or similar structures),…
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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…