Re: Calling all Conlangers!
| From: | Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 21, 2002, 2:46 |
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>From: John Cowan <cowan@...>
>Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 21:19:58 -0500
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>Adam Walker scripsit:
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> > But one more point. Since when does possession of a literature serve to
> > qualify what is or isn't a language?
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>Not all literature is written, but I very much doubt that there are
>any languages which lacked either written or oral literature.
>Their speakers would hardly count as human!
>
Well, not all our language's speakers *are* human, but basically I was just
being perverse.
Adam
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