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Re: Conlanging as a personal thing

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 15:05
 --- Yitzik skrzypszy:

> > > What would "full" communicability be? [...] > > Fully agree with you, Jan. The only restriction: the topic of conversation > MUST be everyday activity. To be unable to discuss cavitation in high > viscosity fluids is NOT a sign of incommunicability :-)
Of course, I should have mentioned that.
> Neither do I know the precise number. But a conditio sine qua non - to have > a stable garmmar covering all the basic structures.
Obviously, yes. But to be honest, I think any language with over 5,000 words can safely be assumed to have a stable, elaborated grammar, too. Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com