Re: visual languages
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 5, 2003, 1:00 |
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In a message dated 2003:12:03 10:26:38 PM, estel_telcontar@YAHOO.CA writes:
>I've toyed areound with visual conlangs, but none has gotten very far
>yet. I'm sure, however, that you could do some neat stuff with the
>grammar - add some interesting non-linearity to it.
IIRC Star Trek's Borg language is pictographic based on a "binary"
grammar. I forgot where I saw it... I think on the web somewhere...
Most sign languages are quite time-&-space biased with basic grammars
quite similar to creoles.
BTW some of the more "futuristic"-looking _bold display_ print-media
versions of Chinese (esp'ly the PRC's "Simplified Writing"), Japanese, & Korean
characters are quite attractive and intriguing.
--- º°`°º ø,¸¸,ø º°`°º ø,¸¸,ø º°`°º ø,¸¸,ø º°`°º º°`°º ø,¸~->
Hanuman Zhang, Sloth-Style Gungfu Typist
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