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Conlangery #100: Interview with Christine Schreyer

Conlangery Podcast

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The Use of Syntax to Manage the Normal

The use of syntax to manage the usual and we've talked about this in ways to give commands and politeness stuff. I hadn't realized Malagasy was I knew Malagasy had all sorts of valency changing operations. So that's interesting that it's used in the service of sort of cultural expectations about what you can commit to when you're speaking.

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