> I've done grammar first and I've done lexicon first, but mostly I do both at
> the same time, like I did with Tazhu
> <
http://fiziwig.com/tazhu/korpu001.html> by translating one sentence at a
> time from McGuffy's reader, inventing both the lexicon and grammar as I
> needed it for the next sentence. I used the same approach with Soaloa:
> <
http://fiziwig.com/soaloa/soaloa.html>
>
> I've also done a detailed grammar using only English words plus some
> invented particles, and then, as a completely separate second step, created
> the lexicon: <
http://fiziwig.com/soaloa/twostep.txt> and another one:
> <
http://fiziwig.com/soaloa/mut01.html>
>
> I don't create phonologies because that's one area of linguistics I am not
> at all interested in. I always use pretty much the same simple phonology:
> The vowels from "Mogadishu day" (o,a,i,u,e) and the usual English consonants
> pronounced in the usual English way. My conlangs tend to be designed so as
> to be very tolerant of various accents and variations in pronunciation. (I
> try to always avoid two words that differ only in the vowels used, like
> "rain/ran" or "pin/pen". (I sometimes use words with TWO or more changed
> vowels, like "pola/pilu", for example.) The key is, the words should be
> mutually understandable whether the speaker is from Boston, Bombay, Berlin,
> or Belfast. (Bahst'n, Boombai, Bayrleen, Bilfahst, Boestun, Bahmbay, Barlun,
> Baylfist, ...)
>
> --gary
>
> --- On Thu, 10/2/08, Jack Hall <jha0808@...> wrote:
>
>> From: Jack Hall <jha0808@...>
>> Subject: phonology, grammar and lexicon
>> To: CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu
>> Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 11:45 AM
>> Hi! I've created many conlangs, but one thing seems
>> unclear, does it play any
>> role in wich order you create the phonology, grammar and
>> lexicon? And if it
>> does, i know that first i will create the phonology but if
>> it play any role, in
>> wich order should i do the grammar and the lexicon? Regards
>
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