{"id":326,"date":"2017-06-12T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoflanguageinvention.com\/cal\/?p=326"},"modified":"2017-06-12T00:01:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T07:01:15","slug":"june-12-introduction-to-syntax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoflanguageinvention.com\/cal\/2017\/06\/12\/june-12-introduction-to-syntax\/","title":{"rendered":"June 12: Introduction to Syntax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we started our journey into syntax with valency. You want to see some applicatives? Check out <a href=\"\/papers\/mihas.pdf\">that paper by Elena Mihas<\/a>. Wow! Tomorrow a reporter from a German radio station will be in our class. If you&#8217;d like to not be in class because of that, please let me know ahead of time, and we&#8217;ll figure out an alternative.<\/p>\n<h1>Material From Today&#8217;s Class<\/h1>\n<h4>PDFs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/papers\/ling183_week4.day1.pdf\">Class Slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/papers\/mihas.pdf\">Elena Mihas &#8220;Grammaticalization of the Generalized Kampan Applicative <i>-ako<\/i>\u201d<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Links<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dedalvs.tumblr.com\/post\/146559512547\/in-your-book-you-said-that-it-is-your-strong\" target=\"_blank\">Something I wrote about Tagalog<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dedalvs.conlang.org\/kamakawi\/rclauses.html\">An example of an applicative plus a passive in a relative clause<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Assignments<\/h1>\n<h4>Reading<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wals.info\/chapter\/90\" target=\"_blank\">WALS Chapter on Relative Clauses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wals.info\/chapter\/93\" target=\"_blank\">WALS Chapter on Interrogative Phrases<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Practice<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>By class time tomorrow, I want you to have a list of <b>at least 10<\/b> <i>potentially tradable<\/i> nouns that are unique to your culture, and then I want you to bring them to class. (You don&#8217;t necessarily need to have a physical paper\u2014the list can be virtual\u2014but it might help if you have a physical paper.) Here are some examples of what I mean by <i>tradable<\/i> nouns:\n<ul>\n<li>Plants<\/li>\n<li>Trees (when they&#8217;re small you can put them in a pot!)<\/li>\n<li>Precious gems<\/li>\n<li>Different types of stone\/building material<\/li>\n<li>Fish<\/li>\n<li>Domesticated mammals<\/li>\n<li>Birds (maybe &#8220;trade&#8221; is a poor word, but those dudes can fly!)<\/li>\n<li>Textiles\/clothes<\/li>\n<li>Food items<\/li>\n<li>Fruit<\/li>\n<li>Flowers<\/li>\n<li>Jewelry\/ornaments<\/li>\n<li>Weapons<\/li>\n<li>Types of vessels<\/li>\n<li>Trinkets<\/li>\n<li>Other (as long as fits the general description I gave)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You <i>can<\/i> post these to the <b>#lexicon<\/b> channel if you want, but the <i>most<\/i> important thing is that you <b>bring your words to class<\/b> (and also be in class if you possibly can). If you know you can&#8217;t be in class, then please do post them to <b>#lexicon<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Mastery<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><i>(None Today)<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Backburner<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"\/papers\/ling183_ma7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">MA7<\/a> early.<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"\/papers\/ling183_ma8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">MA8<\/a>, on your morphosyntax.<\/li>\n<li>I would also like to reveal to you your <a href=\"\/papers\/ling183_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">final assignment<\/a>. Take a look and see what you think.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we started our journey into syntax with valency. You want to see some applicatives? Check out that paper by Elena Mihas. Wow! Tomorrow a reporter from a German radio station will be in our class. 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