Re: Lexical Relatedness Morphology (wa Re: [Conlangs-Conf] Conference Overview)

Ka kavaka Pete ti:
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Over the weekend, I was thinking about this with relation to
Khangaþyagon, which has a very Item-and-Arrangement morphology - pure
aggultination, to the extent that language guesser software has been
known to identify it as Turkish. Did I avoid that trap, and if so, how?
 >>

Well, of course, Turkish is a natural language.  Some languages
do more than others with pure affixation.  It wasn't affixation
that's the problem, but more what you get at in your continuation:

Pete:
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I think I did, because I closed most of my bound morpheme categories
fairly early on - that is, I don't allow myself to just create new
morphemes to solve problems, but have to find creative ways of using
the morphemes I've got, or make the syntax do the work.
 >>

That was my problem with my first language.  I didn't even
conceive of the notion of closing any of my categories.

Pete:
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Another thing was that a lot of the work in developing Khangaþyagon,
especially the noun paradigm, was not in creating the items but in
working out the arangement - the point where I worked out the system
of ranks for the segunakar was a major breakthrough, and was the
start of the transition from sketchlang to usable.
 >>

I found a post on this, and it looks interesting.  I also tried to go
to your grammar page, but it said the host name had expired.
Do you still have it?  Before renewing, you might consider getting
in touch with Christophe Grandsire and seeing if he'll get you a
free.fr page.  They're free, and the service is incredible.

Pete:
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I must get round to downloading some of the other talks
 >>

They're all good.  For a good talk on case, I recommend everyone
look at Matt Pearson's talk:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?
docid=-7308759491555175687&q=language+creation+conference

You may have to e-mail him to get a copy of his handout, though.

Ditto John Quijada and cogsci, John Clifford and semantic primes...
Pretty much everyone and their topics.

-David
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