Re: phonology, grammar and lexicon
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 6, 2008, 20:10 |
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Hallo!
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:45:18 -0400, Jack Hall wrote:
> 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
It is often said that you have to start with the phonology,
because if you revise the phonology later, you have to revise
all your words and all that, and I indeed usually work out
the phonology first. But as others here have already said,
you can explore the grammar of a language without knowing
the phonoloy by means of working with interlinear glosses.
Lexicon, however, pretty much requires the basics of the
phonology already being settled, I think.
In my own conlangs, as I said I start with the phonology,
then grammar and a few words for the purpose of building
sample sentences, then the rest of the lexicon (which takes
forever with me).
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