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Re: Conlang Library (was Re: Doing a research paper...)

From:Patrick Jarrett <gtg346g@...>
Date:Thursday, October 3, 2002, 20:24
I don't know how popular a physical source would be, but I would love to see
an online storage library.

--Kora
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "E. Naeher" <enaeher@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 2:06 PM
Subject: Conlang Library (was Re: Doing a research paper...)


> This question got me thinking about the desirability and feasibility of > creating a central library/archives for conlang materials. I know there
are
> quite a few people out there who have printed grammars and so on, as well
as
> the larger group-administered languages (Lojban, etc.) Many of these > probably don't stay in print for very long, and the few copies that are > printed end up scattered hither and yon. And, of course, there are
probably
> countless conlangers' notes that are lost when they lose interest in a > particular language, or conlanging in general. > > Would anyone donate printed matter, or mss. or copies of mss., to such a > repository if it existed and were publicly accessible? Printed volumes > could be borrowed by mail, and copies of mss. material made available. It > seems to me that this would help preserve a good deal of often-ephemeral > conlang material that would otherwise be lost (but maybe that's just
because
> I'm a library geek). > > --Eli > > "If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to > the library." -- Frank Zappa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E. Naeher" <enaeher@...> > To: <CONLANG@...> > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:44 PM > Subject: Re: Doing a research paper... > > > > The aforementioned _Lunatic Lovers of Language_, by Marina Yaguello, is > not > > likely to be found in a public library but you will probably be able to > find > > it at a decent university library. Umberto Eco's _The Search for the > > Perfect Language_ is much easier to find (and much better). Many of > > Tolkien's books have linguistic information. And any decent library > should > > have something on Esperanto, and maybe Klingon if you're lucky. > > > > --Eli > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hiro M." <hiro_m_2k@...> > > To: <CONLANG@...> > > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:18 PM > > Subject: Doing a research paper... > > > > > > > ...on conlangs, and my teacher said that we must have > > > 5 sources, and only 2 can come from the internet. > > > > > > Could anyone suggest a source or two that I would be > > > likely to find in a public library? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > -- > > > Hiro2k > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > >