Linguistic Topics #
Grammar #
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The Structure of Language: Finding Patterns in the Noise: A presentation I made to college faculty showing my simplified method for teaching grammar in the classroom.
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Breaking down verb tenses for language construction: I analyze common distinctions in tense, mood, and aspect to show how verb stacking can be used in your conlang.
Pronunciation #
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Phonological Features as Overlapping Elements: A short presentation showing how significant features work in a few different phonological models.
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Developmental Variation in Children’s Acquisition of Metrical Structures: My master’s thesis in which I analyze the pronunciation patterns in two- and three-year-olds to support a phonological model using a very limited set of language-specific significant features.
Writing Systems #
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Writing in Romanized ASL: A method I developed for using the Roman alphabet to write American Sign Language without resorting to English glosses.
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Geometric Phoenician: A simple, logical writing system I designed.