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LangTime Chat
by Jessie and David Peterson
Husband and wife conlang team David J. Peterson (HBO's Game of Thrones), and Jessie Peterson, (Disney-Pixar's Elemental) get together to chat about language creation, natural language, linguistics, and whatever else is on their mind at the time.
Episodes
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LangTime Chat, Episode 67: Working Plus Something New
In this episode we continue work on our beaver names to try to get things done on Sovála in time for Kopikon then announce a new fun thing at the end!
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LangTime Chat, Episode 66: Suh Ankripton
In this episode, we chat about the Suh Ankripton language, which we created for James Gunn’s Superman movie. The presentation we use throughout the episode is attached. We apologize for the belated appearance of this episode and hope you enjoy learning more about the Kryptonian language we…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 65: Chatting with Jonathan about Conlanging
In this episode, we chat with Jonathan about the practice of conlanging in general, including how taking different approaches can be helpful! They talk about their experiences working with different processes (evolving a language, creating a language as is, creating languages that stretch the...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 64: Chatting about Chielúú Dialects with Miles
Miles joins us for this riot of an episode, where we talk about the Western and Eastern dialects of Chielúú. As a forewarning, be ready for an earful of belly laughs near the end of the episode. The document Miles prepared with talking points about the dialects is attached to this post so you can...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 63: Aspect in Nemo’s Isfasori
Nemo joins us for this episode to chat about aspect in Isfasori (the PDF discussed in the episode is attached to this post). Nemo did some really cool things in the system, so check out this episode to hear about a singing squirrel and jumping rabbit! Isfasori TAM – NemoDownload
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LangTime Chat, Episode 62: A Chat with Tabby about Orthography
In this episode, Tabby joins us to talk about one of her orthographies and ideas for developing the shapes of the glyphs in different ways to reflect the materials available to the speakers. Tabby wrote a summary of the orthography as it is now and its historical development from older glyphs,...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 61: A Chat with Jake Penny about Pánkáshku Comparatives
Jake Penny is our guest extraordinaire in this episode, where we talk about the comparative construction in Jake’s language Pánkáshku. Jake provides a quick introduction to the basic grammar of the language before they dive into the features of the comparative. A PDF of the relevant section of…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 60: Call for Conlang Review Volunteers and Some Informal Chatting
I struggled with what to title this episode… but that’s what it is. We start with David putting out a call for volunteers to be a part of our new conlang review series, which will have varying formats, depending on what you (as a volunteer) would like to get out of the experience. Then we…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 59: LTS Mini Relay Live Reveal
This podcast episode was special because it was a surprise livestream for the Patrons who joined us for the end-of-month Patron stream! We reveal the results of the first ever LTS Mini Relay, which ran during the month of December, and the episode features two very special guests: Jake and Miles...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 58: Conlang Relay Demo
In this episode, I give David a sample miniature relay text written in Vuochanad, and he works his way through translating the text, narrating his thought process as he works. Once he has a working English translation, he then translates the tiny text into High Valyrian, again narrating his…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 57: A Posteriori Challenge: The Results!
We unveil the results of the a posteriori challenge introduced in episode 56. Patrons helped us create a whole family of Wokuthízhű languages for communities of kangaroo rats, and the results are absolutely delightful! I have attached the slides for this presentation (really, a must for seeing…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 56: A Posteriori Challenge
In this episode, we introduce the next LangTime conlang challenge: you get a chance to create an a posteriori conlang sketch built on Wokuthízhű! Tune in to find out the details, including information about the speakers of this new language. Attached here are the slideshow for the episode and...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 55: A posteriori conlangs
In this episode, David and I discuss some of the a posteriori conlangs we have worked on. It is a brief intermission between two conlang challenges in our five-part mini-series on conlanging from existing material!
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LangTime Chat, Episode 54: Conlanging with Pre-Existing Material, Part 2
It’s the long-awaited episode, where we discuss results from the (in)famous FrameLang Challenge! This is a continuation of Episode 53, which introduces the challenge. All participants worked with the same data set: a sampling of English names, phrases, and clauses, which had to be treated as a…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 53: Conlanging with Pre-Existing Material, Part 1
This episode begins a five-part miniseries exploring ways to conlang using pre-existing material. In this episode, we discuss some of the processes we use when we need to incorporate material from books (material that was created without the structure of a language) in a conlang. I set out a...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 52: The Conlang Guide
I submitted the manuscript of the textbook I’ve been writing for four years now, so David chose the book as the topic for this podcast. We talk about the overall structure of the book, my goals in writing it, and some features in its current state.
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LangTime Chat, Episode 51: Glyph Design
In this episode, we chat about designing glyphs. David designs two glyphs based on an image of a chicken that I drew as a starting point. One glyph is in the style of High Valyrian, while the second is a style inspired by Sarkezhe. I’ve attached the images of the chickens that I drew for...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 50: Delicious Ambiguity
This is a special episode of LangTime Chat based on a career-focused presentation I gave at Georgetown University in September 2023 (right before Kopikon). David has been encouraging me ever since to record it as a podcast episode, and I’ve finally listened and done it. It’s a bit shorter than a...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 49: Dune 2, A Recap
We were finally able to see Dune 2 in the theater this past weekend, which means we finally saw and heard our work on the Chakobsa language in the film! And in this episode, we chat about the experience of seeing the movie and working on the film. At the beginning of the episode, David claims…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 48: Talking Tense and Aspect
In this episode, we chat about tense and aspect in this episode, and you get to witness the unveiling of a new LangTime animation! On a podcast! (What better way of podcasting is there but to use visuals?) All joking aside, we use an animation to present a small set of events and discuss ways a...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 47: A Place for Theory
In this episode, we talk about linguistic theory and its place in conlanging. As a spoiler alert, we specifically talk about how theoretical approaches are not so helpful to the art of language invention. I’ve attached the PDF of slides we use throughout the episode, some of which have visual...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 46: How to Read Like a Linguistics Professor
In this episode, we chat about tackling academic linguistics articles, providing strategies for approaching articles and figuring out if they will be helpful to you or not. This episode is especially dedicated to anyone who has tried picking up linguistics articles but then feels overwhelmed...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 45: Translation as a Language-Expanding Exercise
This is a Jessie-only kind of episode. In it, I walk through my thought processes as I attempt to get ready to translate a passage into Zhwadi. It focuses on how I’m thinking through decisions rather than on the actual creation of roots/words/items. The goal is to demonstrate just how much...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 44: Kopikon Recap
We give a recap of our glorious day of conlang fun, otherwise known as Kopikon. In this episode, we give a rundown of the speakers and their talks from the day, which we hope will be especially useful for anyone who couldn’t attend and wants to know more about what went on that day. We give some...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 43: Expressions
David and I discuss common expressions in languages, including greetings and thanks. We hope it inspires you to think about some of these kinds of expressions in your own languages! (The slides used during the episode are attached here, though they really just provide the words we talk about. You...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 42: Romanization, Part II
In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of some best practices and other advice for Romanizing a conlang. While chatting, we used a Pages document to take some random notes, and a PDF of that document is attached here. (When I say random, though, I mean it. The notes won’t make sense without...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 41: Romanization
In this episode, we begin a discussion on Romanization, talking about goals for Romanization and differences between an orthography, phonetic transcription, and Romanization. The PDF of the slides we used in the beginning of the episode is attached here. We didn’t quite make it to the “best...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 40: Conlang Documentation
In this episode, we talk about the kinds of information that make a conlang’s written grammar more helpful and accessible to other conlangers who want to learn about your language. (And also that make it better for you to keep track of your own language!) We provide examples from conlangers’...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 39: Grambank Trivia
Jessie put together a trivia game for David based on language features provided in Grambank’s database (https://grambank.clld.org/)! You can play along as you listen, and you can also download the attached PDF to see all the features and examples discussed. LangTime Chat – Ep39Download
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LangTime Chat, Episode 38: Borrowing and English, Part II
We wrap up our discussion of types of borrowings in the history of the English language and end with some book recommendations for anyone interested in learning more! At one point, we discuss the ampersand, so I’ve attached a fun poster here to show what we mean. Evolution of the…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 37: Borrowing and English, Part I
This episode is (quite accidentally) the first of a two-part discussion on borrowing and the history of the English language. We talk about different types of borrowing into English in the hopes that it might inspire you as you think about ways your conlang may borrow from another language. The…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 36: Conlang Relays
In this episode, we discuss conlang relays, providing an introduction to what they are and what participants can expect from them. We use some past conlang relays to give examples of how texts shift as relays progress. One of the relays we discuss specifically is the LCC5 Relay. If you want to...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 35: LangTime Expansion Animals
David leads this episode where we discuss the many options for expansion animals that Patrons are currently voting on. We hope this helps inform your decisions about what animals you’d like to see in future seasons of LangTime! LangTime-Chat-Ep35Download
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LangTime Studio, Episode 34: Kezhwa Overview
In this episode, we focus on Kezhwa, the conlang we created for Amazon’s Paper Girls TV series. We are excited to share details about the language with you because we had so much fun working on it! A PDF with the slides we used throughout the recording is attached. Enjoy!...
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LangTime Studio, Episode 33: Create That Word! (Part II)
In this episode, David turns the tables on me and provides a list of words I need to create through compound, derivation, and grammaticalization strategies from the same root list used in Episode 32. You can see the words David selected for me to create in the attached PDF of the presentation we...
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LangTime Studio, Episode 32: Create That Word! (Part I)
In this episode, titled “Create That Word!”, we play a new LangTime Chat game! We play a game where I provide David with a list of words that are basic roots in a not-as-yet-created language (all roots are English counterparts—not phonological forms), and he has to create strategies for forming…
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LangTime Studio, Episode 31: Creating a Language Family
In this episode, we talk about strategies for creating a conlang language family. The presentation slides we use throughout the episode are attached to this post so you can follow along if you need visual references. We hope you enjoy the episode! LangTime-Chat-Ep31Download
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LangTime Studio, Episode 30: What To Do With Your Conlang
In this episode, we chat about ways you can use your conlang once you’ve developed it, and I’ve attached a PDF of the Keynote presentation we use during the podcast to keep our discussion (mostly) organized. We hope you enjoy and find ideas in here that resonate with you and inspire you!...
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LangTime Studio, Episode 29: Difficult Phrases to Translate
In this episode, we talk about some difficult phrases to translate, focusing the entire discussion on the many uses of “to have X” in English. We had recently needed to translate a line with such a construction and wanted to talk about other ways you could tackle taking apart some more idiomatic...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 28: Art and Anxiety
This episode is quite different from all the others because, as you’ll quickly see, David isn’t in this one. Instead, you just get me talking to you about conlanging and my struggles with imposter syndrome. I titled the episode “Art and Anxiety” and was so nervous about the whole thing that I…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 27: Fun with Fauna
In this episode, we have some fun with fauna! We talk about different ways speakers come up with names for animals beyond having basic roots for them, and we hope it can inspire your own animal-name creation fun! During our conversation, David mentions a thread on Reddit about butterfly names,...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 26: Triconsonantal Roots
In this episode of LangTime Chat, we discuss triconsonantal roots, including natlangs that have them, historical origins of triconsonantal systems, and how to approach creating one as a conlanger. Enjoy!
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LangTime Chat, Episode 25: Language Sketch Evolution, Part II
In this episode, we discuss the results from our LangTime Chat proto-sketch we began in Episode 24. Not only did we have our own modern forms to compare, but Patrons also submitted work, so we have a whole family of modern forms based on the same proto-sketch. To keep our discussion organized, I...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 24: Language Sketch Evolution, Part I
We have officially been podcasting for two full years!! This episode is the first of a two-part series and is based on a Patron suggestion, and we are quite excited about it! In this episode, we work together to create proto-forms of a conlang sketch and discuss why we made particular decisions...
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LangTime Chat, Episode 23: Areas of Specialization in Grad. School
After getting a question from a Patron about how to select an area of specialization in graduate school, we decided to devote this month’s podcast to that topic. We hope you enjoy!
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LangTime Chat, Episode 22: Jessie’s First Comic Con
In this very informal podcast episode, we discuss Jessie’s first experience at San Diego Comic Con! (Note: This was the condensed SDCC held during Thanksgiving weekend, 2021, so it wasn’t the full experience. Still, though, it was something!)
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LangTime Chat, Episode 21: Signed System in Dune
SPOILER ALERT! In this episode, we discuss the signed communication system David created for Dune. Because we talk about how it’s used in the movie, there are some (minor) spoiler alerts.!
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LangTime Chat, Episode 20: Food Words
For this episode, we took a suggestion from our Patron Miles on Discord and decided to talk about food! We talk about words for various types of food in natural languages and how to go about coining food words in a conlang. So grab a snack and enjoy!
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LangTime Chat, Episode 19: Graduate School Experiences
In this episode, Jessie totally says the wrong episode number at the beginning… sigh. Eighteen is such a good number, she wanted to use it twice! In terms of content, we talk about our experiences with graduate school and linguistics programs. Also, if you’re ever in Boulder, CO, you should try…
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LangTime Chat, Episode 18: If We Created Conlangs for Avatar: The Last Airbender
In this episode, we take a suggestion from Jason, one of our Patrons in Discord, and chat about Avatar: The Last Airbenderand strategies we would take for creating conlangs for that world. Avatar famously didn’t employ any conlangs in their fantasy world, but instead minimally utilized bits of…
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Husband and wife conlang team David J. Peterson (HBO's Game of Thrones), and Jessie Peterson, (Disney-Pixar's Elemental) get together to chat about language creation, natural language, linguistics, and whatever else is on their mind at the time.
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