Re: THEORY: The search for the perfect language (was: RE: THEORY: French Linguistic Thinking.)
| From: | Marcos Franco <xavo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 9, 1999, 21:58 |
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Tem Tue, 8 Jun 1999 11:44:54 -0300, FFlores <fflores@...>
skribis:
>Ed Heil wrote:
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>> Really! I hadn't read his "search for the perfect language" book yet.
>> Is that where it all ends? Esperanto?
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>Who has read it? I'd like to know -- I'm going to buy
>it this week (so far). Is it technical, poetic, dense,
>speculative, what?
I had a look at it (read something) several years ago. As far as I can
recall, the book was mainly adressing philosophical languages, and
most of its pages described projects prior to 20th century. You'll
hardly find information on post-Esperanto conlangs or auxlangs. It's
almost like if Umberto Eco had written it on 1905!
Saludos,
Marcos