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Independent Verbs In Dirnang
1. Introduction My current conlang, Dirnang, returns to a long-term obsession of mine with languages with small systems of finite verbs. In this post, I want to describe the semantics of the verb class I’ve settled on. Some readers may not be familiar with such languages, but they are common in certain corners of the…
Perfectives: Beginnings and Endings
There’s something I’ve found interesting about the semantics of perfectives in different languages, but which I don’t think is mentioned very often or paid much attention in general writing on aspect. Specifically, it’s about the interaction of perfective aspect with telicity, and the extent to which the meaning of a perfective clause depends on the…
Non-Recursive NPs
I recently read Foley’s grammar of Yimas, and I wanted to share one particularly interesting aspect of it. I’ve got a pretty worn copy of Foley’s The Papuan Languages of New Guinea, which I’d strongly recommend for an overview of the region’s languages, and I’ve always found him to be very good at simple, readable,…
Chris in the Weeds 