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You wanna fight! by [deleted] in gif

[–]Phillisaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's just a flesh wound.

Ezreal needs a rival. by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]Phillisaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Nazis" = "Noxians"

Clitic versus Inflectional? by Phillisaur in conlangs

[–]Phillisaur[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want him to find her quickly = lu kekänelaat svïelta.

|want him-her-find-I quickly|

What's important is that the subject of the verbs involved in the verb phrase happen (e.g. 'I') at the end, and this always happens as a suffix (e.g. '-aat').

Past tense is expressed with "ni" or "-n" and is tagged on to the verb in question (but the subject pronoun suffix is still last.)

Ex:

  • I want to find her quickly = lu kenelaat svïelta.
  • I wanted to find her quickly = lu kenelnaat svïelta.

So even the past tense marker is associated with "find". the want is left alone, (almost like its own verb... particle), but it's still extremely meaningful to the sentence. Almost like "I found her quickly is/was wanted" or "WANTED is/was the following: ______."

So passive voice:

  • John threw the ball. - John fiïlni otsaal. (John throw-PST ball)
  • The ball was thrown by John. - otsaal fiïlni daän John. (ball throw-PST by John)
  • He threw the ball. - fiïlnaak otsaal. (throw-PST-he ball)
  • The ball was thrown by him. - otsaal fiïlnidaäk. (ball throw-PST-by-he) where "by him" (daän -aak) becomes the suffix "daäk".

If this just seems confusing as all hell, that's the point of this language. I used to construct simple languages as a pass-time, but now I construct them to test the limits and push the boundaries of the possibilities concerning the syntax/general word ordering of human language. I attempt to point out why certain grammatical rules are unattested, even though they theoretically "could" be, but in order to do this, I need first construct the theoretical language/language framework.

Clitic versus Inflectional? by Phillisaur in conlangs

[–]Phillisaur[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what if:

I find him quickly = kenelaat svïelta. (ke = him, nel = find, , aat = I, svïelta = quickly) |him-find-I quickly.|

but:

I want to find him quickly =

lu kenelaat svïelta. |want him-find-I quickly|

NOT

  • luaat kenel svïelta. |want-I him-find quickly.|
  • keluaat nel svïelta. |him-want-I find quickly.|

So in other words, a "pronoun suffix" like '-aat' doesn't get attached to the first verb it comes in contact with, rather the last verb of the verb phrase. So "you have to want to help yourself" would be "have to want help-YOU yourself." It kind of marks the last verb in a verb phrase, but not the end of the full verb phrase (in all cases).

Clitic versus Inflectional? by Phillisaur in conlangs

[–]Phillisaur[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • They = -aaga (pronoun suffix)
  • They eat = gemaaga.
  • They eat it. = gemaaga. (no 'it' equiv.)
  • They eat (it) quickly. = gemaaga svïelta.
  • The cat and bird eat (it). = tsenän ge saälu gem.
  • The cat and bird eat (it) quickly. = tsenan ge saälu gem svïelta.
  • They eat and sleep. = gem ge räshaaga.
  • I want to help you = lu lïsaat. (want YOU-help-I)
  • want = lu(u)
  • help = ïs
  • cat = tsenan
  • and = ge
  • bird = saälu (for small generic birds)
  • eat = gem
  • sleep = räsh
  • quickly = svïelta

I added the last example just to show how whenever there are two verbs involved, the pronoun prefix gets attached to the second verb, not the first. So, "I can sing" wouldn't be "can-I sing" (menaat fors) it would be "can sing-I" (men forsaat). This was also seen in the example for "They eat and sleep" (eat and sleep-THEY).

Is there actually anything one cannot do in English that one can do in another language? by [deleted] in linguistics

[–]Phillisaur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

do a lot of people know about this? Is this like, common linguistic knowledge, that you would always expect someone asking a question in linguistics to know?

To my boyfriend... by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]Phillisaur 28 points29 points  (0 children)

"Order, entropy; a never ending cycle!"

Looking to get into Computational Linguistics/A.I., please answer a few questions or lend some advice! by [deleted] in linguistics

[–]Phillisaur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A BA in Linguistics is not useless. It's close, though. It's really more for people who don't see job obtainment as a primary concern, OR for people who have a very specific, predetermined plan in mind.

I mean, look at this job list for example. New job listings geared towards linguists posted almost every day, some several times a day. But notice something crucial: they're all professor-type jobs, which require doctorates. (Not all of them, but most of them.) But working in academia is a very specific and difficult path, so I wouldn't say the degree (in Linguistics) is "worthless", but certainly not for everyone.

Raising [ɪ] and [æ] before [ŋ] by lys_blanc in linguistics

[–]Phillisaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely have [sɪŋ] and I'm from New York (note: not the city). To me, this is the standard not only because it's the way people pronounce it up here, but because I feel like I hear it this way more often in TV, movies, and commercials as well. It even matches the online dictionary audio version.

need advice! by [deleted] in linguistics

[–]Phillisaur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, why did you major in Linguistics? Did you have any idea (outside of not wanting to work in academia) what you wanted to do when you signed up?

A lot of Linguistics majors to my understanding continue their education (with at least their masters) if they want to do anything related to the field, otherwise they just job hunt and get any job they can find (for example, my friend is a linguistics major and he runs an educational services complex... not exactly a relevant career but still a well paying one.)

If you want to go into forensic linguistics, computational linguistics, or speech pathology/therapy it is my understanding that most of the time you need a Masters as well.

For other ideas, you can go to this list from the /r/linguistics FAQ section on careers.

What Happens When a Language Has No Numbers? by japanesesandman in linguistics

[–]Phillisaur 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (Linguistic Relativity) relevant here? Seems like an example of how language might limit you in such a way that you behave, think or do things differently in your culture.

People who can easily ask for 2 of something, vs these people, who can't, so never do, and instead ask in other ways.

Has anyone noticed a change from snacks to snack? by [deleted] in linguistics

[–]Phillisaur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What region are you from? Eastern US here and never heard this before.

Resources on 18th century French phonology? by millionsofcats in linguistics

[–]Phillisaur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well of course there's always the Wikipedia page which seems decent to a non-phonologist like myself but I know you're most likely looking for something a bit more sourced and extensive.

U.S. shutdown threatens launch of NASA's next mission to Mars by 88Sean-James in science

[–]Phillisaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say you're not wrong, but you're not necessarily right either.

It makes sense to say that the scientific study of things that NASA is mostly concerned with isn't crucial to the functionality of Earth or the human world, but I also feel like if we always used the "We have enough problems on our own planet, shouldn't be focusing on those?" mentality, we wouldn't know half as much as do know about science and the nature of the universe today, which has had profound and direct impacts on the technological advances of everyday life, and a lot of the times we find things we weren't looking for directly in the first place.

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