Clitics involving bilabial consonants

[Insipid]

"I'm"

. . . yes, we're talking about linguistics here. Were you expecting something gynecological?

[Dusty Shackleford]

[The_annoying_one]

I never expect anything ever when it comes to this place.

[viperxmns]

What's that you say sonny? Celtics invoking biblical continents?

[Insipid]

2 minutes ago, viperxmns said:

What's that you say sonny? Celtics invoking biblical continents?

Do not get me started on the truly riveting subject of prosody that will inevitably bring up the Yamny / Laurel shit from a few years back. Although I suppose since you called me sonny, this may be more due to hearing loss from aging.

#iamsosmart

#ineedtostfu

[UwPp]

Damnit I thought we were going to learn about the clitasour. 

[Insipid]

2 minutes ago, UwPp said:

Damnit I thought we were going to learn about the clitasour. 

gynecology, paleontology, what's the difference?

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

I was able to infer what a "bilabial consonant" is but I still have no idea what a clitic is.

[André Toulon]

I keep wanting to fall into Benji's trap of pretension but my inner troll just doesn't really want the smoke.

[Insipid]

33 minutes ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

I was able to infer what a "bilabial consonant" is but I still have no idea what a clitic is.

A lot of men never bother learning about clitics, so par for the course.

[naraku360]

11 hours ago, Insipid said:

gynecology, paleontology, what's the difference?

Your mother!

[scoobdog]

I wrote a paper related to this in college.

[Insipid]

1 hour ago, scoobdog said:

I wrote a paper related to this in college.

Fascinating. Are you intrigued by liaison in French as well?

[scoobdog]

2 minutes ago, Insipid said:

Fascinating. Are you intrigued by liaison in French as well?

Of course.  I'm all about economy of language.

[discolé monade]

nerd

[Insipid]

2 hours ago, scoobdog said:

Of course.  I'm all about economy of language.

I had to look up that phrase. I am but an amateur who never had formal education in the subject. I think this is relevant. This is a Japanese sentence completely in hiragana:

けんこうのためにまいにちともだちといぬとこうえんであるいている。

Now, let's add the kanji and make it look like a proper Japanese sentence:

健康のために毎日友達と犬と公園で歩いている。

Notice how much the sentence contracted. 

 

I guess that's enough being a pretentious cunt, for now.

[scoobdog]

"Economy" can be interpreted in a couple ways.

1. The most obvious is using language with the least amount of adornment, which is typically using direct verbs and minimizing the use of adverbs and adjectives, as one might see in a Hemingway novel. (It's partly why he comes across as such a prick in his writing even if you're unfamiliar with his life.)
2. A slightly more specialized interpretation is using phrasing that flows easier, such as a Shakespearean soliloquy.  This relies on arranging a complete phrase in a way that keeps a steady flow of stressed and unstressed syllables, disrupting that flow sparingly to great effect,  and, importantly, uses stressed syllables to convey a secondary narration.

These principles are fairly universal across all languages, though how language is stressed varies obviously.