Re: artlangs as engelangs

On 7/20/07, Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> wrote:
> Conclusion: Certain criteria just refuse to be objectivized.
> And that makes the difference between an artlang and an engelang.
So, to sum up:

artlang: design motivated primarily by aesthetic and otherwise
subjective considerations

engelang: design motivated by objectively testable criteria

auxlang: design irrelevant to categorization, which depends only on
intended use, though presumably that use has a profound impact on the
design.

conlang: any of the above plus any other constructed language which
may have design goals somewhere in between those cardinal points.
--
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>