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Re: introducing sseyavven, a multiple grammar lang

From:Brad Coon <bcoon@...>
Date:Friday, April 28, 2000, 22:30
> So I developed several different prototype grammars, each having their > strengths and weaknesses. I tried to choose just one, a truly > wrenching experience. In the end, in a huge eureka, I decided to > choose them all. The speaker may choose whatever grammar is best > suited for his speech act (or thinking act). > > They share a common lexicon and have several overlapping aspects. Here > are the various tongues of sseyavven:
I undertook a somewhat similar project about 15 years ago. I found it in the end dissatisfying and the notebooks haven't been touched in years. Be curious to see how yours turn out. -- Brad Coon bcoon@imt.net Somedays when you wake up, its just not worth chewing through the leather straps.