Re: Calling all Conlangers!
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 21, 2002, 4:21 |
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Elliott Belser scripsit:
> Granted that Sindarin, and Quenya, and D'ni and Klingon and what have
> you are not as deep as a 'real' language. But they are worthy of
> serious study too.
Sure, I agree; after all, I'm here even though I barely qualify
as a conlang creator. But I fully agree with those who say that
studying a conlang shouldn't be treated as equivalent, in terms
of its overall benefit to one's education, as studying a
natlang.
E-o may qualify as a marginal exception; after all, it's also
a marginal example of a natlang, given the small number of
native (bilingual) speakers.
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