Re: Conlanging in Gullivers Travels- Jonathan Swift
| From: | The Gray Wizard <dbell@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 4, 2002, 11:44 |
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> From: Samuel Rivier
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[snipped GT intro]
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> >From this we can establish a phonology and morphology,
> resembling Italian, a basis for vocab origins,
> resembling Japanese, and a wordbank based on japanese
> and the concrete. Also, I can't remember the
> complexion of the islanders, but that can key in to
> what type of grammar or vocabulary the language would
> have.
Complexion? What relevance can this have to "type of grammar or vocabulary
the language would have"?
Stay curious,
David
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