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Verbal Morphology in Dirnang
Full disclosure: I wrote this myself without AI assistance as a LaTeX document (since I create pdf grammars using LaTeX), but I did use ChatGPT to do the format conversion from LaTeX to WordPress compatible HTML. I also used ChatGPT to generate an image to go with this article. The most complicated element of the…
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…
Chris in the Weeds 