Conlangery Podcast cover image

Conlangery #39: Noun Incorporation

Conlangery Podcast

00:00

Noun Incorporation in English

English doesn't really do this particularly. It seems to me like if you're talking about just the simplest kind of noun incorporation you are still talking about a compound where there is a noun and a verb and then the result. I'm using I'm using pseudo English examples that often have two nouns just to give an example. The reason this is related to animacy is because we want people and sometimes animals to be core arguments of our vocabulary of our verbs.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app