Conlang: Fireside Polysynthesis for Novices (Part 1/2)

This is the first of two parts of the video adaptation of the Polysynthesis for Novices thread. I hope you all enjoy!

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Sources:
*Tariana examples: Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (2006). Evidentiality. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press.
*Warlpiri example: Austin, Peter and Joan Bresnan (1996). "Non-Configurationality in Australian Aboriginal Languages." Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 14(2): 215-268.
*Wambaya example: Bender, Emily M. (2008). "Radical Non-Configurationality Without Shuffle Operators: An Analysis of Wambaya". Proceedings of the HPSG08 Conference, NICT, Keihanna, Japan.
*Spokane examples: Carlson, Barry F. (1990). "Compounding and Lexical Affixation in Spokane". Anthropological Linguistics 32(1/2): 69-82
*Abkhaz example: Cysouw, Michael (1998). "Syntagmatical Variation in the World's Pronominal Systems". In: Heleen Strating & Jorn Veenstra (eds.). Proceedings CLS Opening Academic Year '98/'99. Tilburg: Center for Language Studies, 27-50.
*Most Nuuchahnulth examples: Davidson, Matthew (2002). Studies in Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) Grammar. Ph.D. dissertation, SUNY Buffalo.
*Baniwa of Içana, Dekwana, Cuiba, and Yanomami examples: Dixon, R. M. W. and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, eds. (1999). The Amazonian Languages. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press.
*West Greenlandic and Bininj Gun-wok examples: Evans, Nicholas and Hans-Jürgen Sasse, eds. (2002). Problems of Polysynthesis. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
*Some Yup'ik examples and the Seneca examples: Goddard, Ives, ed. (1996). Languages. Vol. 17 of Handbook of North American Indians, ed. William C. Sturtevant. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
*Muskogean reconstructions and the Caddo example: Hardy, Heather K. and Janine Scancarelli, eds. (2005). Native Languages of the Southeastern United States. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
*Koasati examples: Kimball, Geoffrey D. (1991). Koasati Grammar. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press
*Noun incorporation discussion and examples: Mithun, Marianne (1984). "The Evolution of Noun Incorporation." Language 60(4): 847-894
*Some Yup'ik examples, one Nuuchahnulth example, and the Acoma Keresan, Lake Miwok, and Numic examples: Mithun, Marianne (1999). The Languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
*Some Ojibwe examples (the remaining Ojibwe examples are from Whimemsz's personal background knowledge): Valentine, J. Randolph (2001). Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

[TheZetaKai]

I have defied your commands, liking and subscribing. Also, this is the best description of polysynthetic languages that I have thus seen, and has inspired me to explore this branch of linguistics for my conworld. Thanks for the information, but thank you even more for the inspiration.

[bortjohnson]

critically underrated youtube channel, this series has helped me a ton for my current conlang

[fikatrouvaille]

Thank you so much for creating this!! It's definitely a lot easier to absorb than reading a thread, I'm really grateful.

[PhantomKING]

Minor correction on how you pronounce the Spanish sample words at 4:30 : you are putting the accent in the wrong place.

'a.blo
'a.blas
'a.bla
a.'bla.mos
a.'blais
'a.blan

Some of the ones you mispronounced would have a meaning the way you pronounced them too: "habló" is "he spoke", "hablás" is "hablas" but in informal Argentinian Spanish, "hablá" is "habla" in the imperative in informal Argentinian Spanish.

Still, great video. Just wanted to point this out in case you see it so that you know.

[Sundrobrocc]

i absolutely adore the fireside concept— makes me feel all cozy as i'm learning :D

[samuelpalacios]

20 MINTUES LONG VIDEO? YESSSS
I love you

[majahadra]

My next conlang will be polysynthetic and this helpful video will be returned to when that time comes... Again, good job!

[MarsMarshall]

great video, as always! planning to use classifiers in a new conlang i'm making :)

[GravityGrid]

This video is epic. Very well presented. I can’t wait for part 2. I subscribed.

[samuelpalacios]

I like Authagraph projection map. I've never heard of it before. Thanks

[EkaitzIturbeltz]

Being a native basque speaker, I feel quite advantaged

[rubbedibubb]

Yes this is great. I have read the zbb thread before but I learn much better from watching videos. Also, I’m sorry for disobeying your commands

[Sprecherfuchs]

Excellent vid as always, but can you please give us a couple of seconds at the end of each slide to read? I for one am not that fast! Also "zee"? Come on mate!

[im]

Can a language have all criterias of what could be called a polysynthetic language and not be one ?

[RafaelSolaPACalsaverini]

What is polyenglish? Is that a real Conlang?

[Damjes]

Why audio is so anxious? I hear fire i am afraid of wolves and bears. Why? Why did You FUBAR audio?

[Nemo_Anom]

I still just don't get why speakers of such languages don't or didn't just analogically level the entire mess. There is just no need to speak like this.