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Re: vocabulary

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Thursday, December 16, 2004, 2:17
Hi!

And Rosta <a.rosta@...> writes:
> I in fact don't have any clear of idea of what the reason is. But > my hunch is that your conlanger schooled in linguistics tends to > invent the language description rather than the language proper; > they tend to design rather than to 'discover'.
This is what I usually do, yes. But it really depends on the language whether I invent or discover.
> They tend towards > the rationality of design and away from the intuitiveness of art. >...
Rationality is outside the scope of art? I'm surprised. :-) I love planned chaos. **Henrik