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Decal Reader, Part 1 Conlangs DE-Cal – Spring 2006 Ling 98/198: Constructing Languages DE-Cal Spring 2006, UC Berkeley By Sai Emrys – [email protected] http://www.livejournal.com/~conlangs_decal/info Table of Contents NOTES ON THIS READER ....................................................................................................................... 7 CXS/IPA CHART......................................................................................................................................... 8 CLASS SYLLABUS ..................................................................................................................................... 9 GENESIS 11:1-10 ....................................................................................................................................... 17 CONLANGER’S MANIFESTO................................................................................................................ 19 THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAADAN.................................................................................................... 25 TASTE FOR MAKERS ............................................................................................................................. 29 EXCERPT FROM DESCRIBING MORPHOSYNTAX: A GUIDE FOR FIELD LINGUISTS......... 39 MODEL LANGUAGES NEWSLETTER ................................................................................................ 51 ON THE DESIGN OF AN IDEAL LANGUAGE .................................................................................. 149 GOOD GLOSSES..................................................................................................................................... 159 HOW TO MAKE GOOD GLOSSES...................................................................................................... 161 APOLOGIA PRO IMAGINATIONE ..................................................................................................... 167 GLOSSOPOEIA FOR FUN AND PROFIT ........................................................................................... 171 NOTES ON LANGUAGE CREATION AND ERGATIVITY.............................................................. 179 THE LANGUAGE CREATION KIT ..................................................................................................... 213 WHAT IS WRITING? ............................................................................................................................. 243 HOW TO CREATE A LANGUAGE....................................................................................................... 297 CONLANG ERRORS .............................................................................................................................. 347 - 1 - Conlangs DE-Cal – Spring 2006 Detailed table of contents NOTES ON THIS READER ....................................................................................................................... 7 CXS/IPA CHART......................................................................................................................................... 8 CLASS SYLLABUS ..................................................................................................................................... 9 SYNOPSIS :................................................................................................................................................... 9 TIMING :.................................................................................................................................................... 10 GRADING .................................................................................................................................................. 10 GOALS : WHAT YOU SHOULD GET OUT OF THIS CLASS ............................................................................... 10 LINGUISTIC BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 11 COURSE WEBSITE / LJ COMMUNITY ......................................................................................................... 11 SOME OTHER USEFUL SITES ...................................................................................................................... 11 READER /S YLLABUS :................................................................................................................................. 13 TEXTS / READING MATERIALS : ................................................................................................................. 13 THE FINAL PROJECT / RESEARCH PAPER .................................................................................................. 14 SCHEDULE :............................................................................................................................................... 15 GENESIS 11:1-10 ....................................................................................................................................... 17 CONLANGER’S MANIFESTO................................................................................................................ 19 MANIFESTO .............................................................................................................................................. 19 THE ARTLANGER ’S RANT ......................................................................................................................... 20 THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAADAN.................................................................................................... 25 TASTE FOR MAKERS ............................................................................................................................. 29 EXCERPT FROM DESCRIBING MORPHOSYNTAX: A GUIDE FOR FIELD LINGUISTS......... 39 MODEL LANGUAGES NEWSLETTER ................................................................................................ 51 PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................... 51 VOLUME I, ISSUE 1 -- MAY 1, 1995 ............................................................................................................. 53 An introduction to the hobby of model languages............................................................................... 53 Different types of model languages..................................................................................................... 54 This newsletter's goals ........................................................................................................................ 55 VOLUME I, ISSUE 2 -- JUNE 1, 1995 ............................................................................................................ 57 Inventing a language for naming people and places .......................................................................... 57 Language change................................................................................................................................ 57 An ancestral language -- the grandmother tongue ............................................................................. 58 Sound .................................................................................................................................................. 59 Sound change...................................................................................................................................... 61 Spelling ............................................................................................................................................... 64 Words .................................................................................................................................................. 65 Grammar............................................................................................................................................. 65 Proper names...................................................................................................................................... 65 Place names ........................................................................................................................................ 67 Example - quickly create your own naming languages....................................................................... 70 GYMNASTICS WITH ONOMASTICS ................................................................................................................ 73 Structure of names............................................................................................................................... 73 Patronymics: in the name of the father ............................................................................................... 74 Forming first names first .................................................................................................................... 75 Forming family names ........................................................................................................................ 76 Forming names of nations................................................................................................................... 77 Cultural attitudes towards names ....................................................................................................... 78 VOLUME I, ISSUE 3 (2/2) -- JULY 1, 1995 .................................................................................................. 80 Possibilities and purposes
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