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
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