Good evening, afternoon, or morning to you, people of r/conlangs. Today's Saturday, and that means it's time for another typological paper! Once again, there will be some prompts for you to discuss in the comments.
Describing definites and indefinites (Dawson & Jenks)
This week's paper was submitted by u/wmblathers and talks about definiteness. This is a rather well-known grammatical categories (unlike the last one), so you'll probably be able to talk about a lot of things. Here are some prompts:
- Does your language contrast indefinite and definite nouns?
- How are they marked?
- What are their semantics? How are definiteness markers employed in narratives?
- How do such markers interact with other grammatical categories?
- What are some other interesting categories that are marked on nouns in your language? (E.g. nominal TAM)
Remember to try to comment on other people's languages
Submit your papers here!
So, that's about it for this week's edition. See you next Saturday, and happy conlanging!