Describing morphosyntax
by Thomas Edward Payne · first published 1997
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A fun and fascinating resource for anyone interested in artificial languages is Mark Rosenfelder's Language Construction Kit [1]. And if you want to get extremely into it, I highly recommend Paine's Describing Morphosyntax for a detailed tour of diverse grammatical systems from across the world [2]. [1] http://www.zompist.com/kit.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/Describing-Morphosyntax-Guide-Field-Li...
on “A Man Who Invents Languages for a Living” ↗A couple of years ago there was no book version of the LCK, but a very popular book on the zompist bulletin board was "Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide for Field Linguists", by Thomas E. Payne. It's essentially an overview of all the weird morphological and syntactical features that the various languages of the world exhibit, so it can function…
on “How the Languages in Game of Thrones, Defiance, and Thor Were Created” ↗