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The Language Creation Society (LCS) podcast is made by, for, and about language creators, aka conlangers.On each show, we'll talk with a conlanger, educator, or researcher discuss books, software, or other things of interest to conlangers or anything else that may be of interest to conlangers. Find out more about the LCS at http://conlang.org.
To everyone that participated in the Language Creation Workshop at Renovation, thanks so much for attending! For those that stuck it out to the end, you know we didn’t get through all the material, so I wanted to provide you with links to download what was there: Presentation (.PDF | Keynote | .PPT) Workshop Packet […]
[podcast]http://conlang.org/podcast/LCS_Podcast-014-Ball.mp3[/podcast] David interviews Doug Ball about his conlang Skerre, its history, and his career in linguistics. .mp3 recording | Dr. Doug Ball’s Faculty Page | Skerre Homepage Doug is the best (and longest-tenured) conlanging friend I’ve got. I’ve known him ever since I started conlanging in 2000, and we’ve been corresponding regularly since 2003, when we happened to run […]
[podcast]http://conlang.org/podcast/LCS_Podcast-013-Wells-Jensen.mp3[/podcast] David and Sai interview Sheri Wells-Jensen about her work in the world of conlanging, and her work as a linguist at Bowling Green State University. .mp3 recording | Dr. Wells-Jensen’s Webpage Talk about a really, really good idea. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could google a person and hear what they sounded like? Ooh! Or […]
[podcast]http://conlang.org/podcast/LCS_Podcast-012-Varkuza.mp3[/podcast] David interviews Paul Varkuza about his language Varkuzan. We discuss his language, its name—his name—and the role his synesthesia played in the process of his language’s creation. .mp3 recording Before I talked to Paul, I was pretty sure that synesthesia was fake. And by “fake”, of course, I mean “real, but likely to be […]
High Quality Video (.mpg) – Slides (.ppt) – Handout (.pdf) – Program (.pdf) Everyone knows Sylvia makes kickass brownies and cupcakes (and cakes). Or, let me rephrase that: Everyone now knows that Sylvia makes kickass brownies and cupcakes. Because I just told you. And it’s true. I’ve had them. I’ve had them all. That aside, […]
[podcast]http://conlang.org/podcast/LCS_Podcast-011-Burke.mp3[/podcast] David interviews Jeff Burke, the creator of the Proto Central Mountain family of languages, and author of The Spirit-Weaver, a novel Jeff has been working on for the past fifteen years. In this interview we discuss his languages, his writing, and the role conlangs play in literature. mp3 – Jeff’s Blog Jeff is a […]
[podcast]http://conlang.org/podcast/LCS_Podcast-010-Frommer.mp3[/podcast] David and Sylvia interview Paul Frommer about his creation of the language Na’vi for the movie Avatar. We discuss his experience working on set, and working with movie folks, as well as the language itself. Please note that this interview was conducted in mid-January, and reflects the state of affairs at that time. A […]
Conlang (the movie) was just selected to have its film circuit premier in February at the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival. It’s got a new website, and the “Herculean Tournament” scene is posted. As you probably know, the movie was screened last year at the 3rd Language Creation Conference, and earned our enthusiastic support. Now is […]
[podcast]http://conlang.org/podcast/LCS_Podcast-009-Editor_needed.mp3[/podcast] mp3 Hi, this is David Peterson from the LCS podcast. You may have noticed that the last podcast (John Quijada’s LCC2 talk [which was excellent, by the way!]) was the first in some…six months? Podcasts can’t come everyday, of course, but one would hope they’d come in smaller increments than half-years. And given the […]
The Language Creation Society (LCS) podcast is made by, for, and about language creators, aka conlangers.On each show, we'll talk with a conlanger, educator, or researcher discuss books, software, or other things of interest to conlangers or anything else that may be of interest to conlangers. Find out more about the LCS at http://conlang.org.
