Started adding example sentences to the lexicon
(only about 4% of entries have example sentences so far, 156 out of 3849)
Rewrote and expanded the section of the syntax document on
modifiers, including new material on attribution and predication and better cross-referencing
to the relevant sections of
the derivational morphology
document
Expanded the section of the syntax document
on non-math use of math
conjunctions, with examples of {se} "minus/except",
{ðe} "divided by/contrasted with",
and {zej} "range of
numbers/qualities"
Added material on second- and third-person time reference to the
section of the semantics document
on subjective and objective time
Extensive edits and additions to the history essay, including more on the Wikipedia
deletion debate, history of modifications to the grammar, notes on
what parts of the phonology and grammar I'm currently using fluently
or not yet fluent in, and common mistakes I still make
A few corrections and additions to the grammar document,
especially the introduction (index of synthesis, clarify use of the
terms "subject" and "object" for gzb), and a new
section on ditransitive verbs
More about use of various suffixes with mental state stems
Added links to 2006-2007 CONLANG posts about gzb to the main index document
3 August 2008
Add extensive notes on borrowing, lending, and bailment to commerce section of the semantics
document
Added scripts.zip and rdb.zip since
Bellsouth no longer allows my site to serve .pl, .awk, or .rdb files as plain text
3 March 2008 (Tenth anniversary of gzb)
Updated the history essay, made
various minor improvements to the grammar and semantics documents,
and added words to lexicon.
Updated the main page with links to translation relay texts
Added words to lexicon.
Added notes on attitudinal use of
{-pôm} to the grammar document
Miscellaneous formatting improvements to
various example sentences in semantics document
19 April 2007
Improved lexicon with internal cross-reference links
Added autogenerated entries for all remaining spacetime postpositions to the lexicon
4 April 2007
Grammar: added sections on qualifier and
quantifier particles, and added {belm} (the irony or sarcasm marker)
to the logic clitics section, along with 20+ example sentences
Phonology & Writing:
more details on phonotactic constraints and more examples of
affricate lenition
28 March 2007
Grammar: added better documentation
of conjunctions, serial verbs, serial postpositions, usage of certain
postpostions, directional adverbs, subject attraction, and experiencer
participles; also a few formatting and wording fixes to existing
material
18 March 2007
Updated Phonology & Writing with more
notes on allophony (lenition of affricates after nasal consonants)
and shorthand-development of handwritten script
Miscellaneous lexicon updates
10 March 2007
Grammar document: added example of {mǒn ... mǒj} structure.
Miscellaneous minor corrections and broken link fixes.
Miscellaneous lexicon updates
July 2006
Miscellaneous grammar document and lexicon updates
Added material to history essay
Major update of phonology document, adding IPA and CXS transcriptions
for all phonemes, more detailed notes on diphthongs and coarticulated
semivowels, samples of syllable forms not represented before
Major update of semantics document,
specifically the section on suffixes (added notes on {-ra}, {-hô},
{-ĵam}, {-kar}, {-ĝa}, {-ŋa}, {-pôm}, and {-baw})
Update of grammar document, adding
section on evidentiality adverbs derived with {-pôm}