Re: CALLING ALL CONLANGERS!!!

David,
Hope my input on Vyh. in a personal email comes in
use.

Matt33

--- David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
>     Some time last spring, I mentioned that I was
> going to be teaching a
> class in language creation here at Berkeley Spring
> 2002.  Well, that's next
> semester, and so I'm going to start gearing up for
> it.  What does this mean
> for you?  You see, I'm going to have a reader for
> this class, and I would
> love to see everyone contribute to it! ~:D  In my
> reader I'm planning on
> having the following:
>
> Reader:
> Part I: Introductions
> 1.) IPA Chart (This I've got)
> 2.) Introduction (This will be written by me)
> 3.) Introduction 2 (A different type of introduction
> written by Rick Harrison
> that I was pointed to)
> 4.) Intro to Phonology (Phonetics won't be as
> important for beginners)
> 5.) Intro to Morphology
> 6.) Intro to Syntax
> 7.) Intro to Semantics
> 8.) Intro to Pragmatics
>
> Part II: Special Topics
> 9.) Verbal Aspect (Sally Caves wrote a nice summary
> of this which I have)
> 10.) Noun Cases
> 11.) Metaphor (I'm going to write this)
> 12.) Orthography (This one, too, though I'd love
> samples!)
> 13.) Historical Linguistics (this should include
> proto-languages, language
> change, etc.)
> 14.) Pidgins and Creoles
> 15.) Conculture
>
> Part III: Samples
> 16.) Miscellaneous articles
> 17.) Language Samples
>
>     [Note: If anyone can think of ANYTHING that
> should be on here and is not,
> please let me know!]
>
>     Okay.  What I would LOVE people to do (if you
> have the time and if you
> want to) would be to fill in the missing holes.  ~:D
>  Ideally, articles won't
> be that long (no more than ten computer pages, I'd
> imagine), and deal with
> just the basics.  Also, if you know of a website
> somewhere that has good
> articles on any or all of these, I'd love it if you
> could send me a link.  If
> I don't get anything from anyone and don't find
> anything on websites, I'll
> end up writing all the articles myself, which is
> fine.  However, one thing I
> know absolutely nothing about since I've had no
> experience with and little
> interest in it is Conculture.  I would gladly
> exchange having all the other
> articles written for me in exchange for this one,
> since I recognize that
> Concultures are an important aspect of Conlanging.
>     As I said above, I will be doing the article on
> orthography, but I'd love
> it if people could send me examples of their own
> orthographies, whether it be
> with a font, a sample on a webpage or even through
> the mail.  I plan on
> writing a page or two about it and then just having
> five or six pages of
> orthographies both natural and created.  A sample
> could be just an alphabet
> with corresponding sounds, or just a sentence
> written out in orthography with
> no interlinear whatsoever.  Just so that people
> looking on it can get a sense
> for what it looks and feels like.
>     Lastly, language samples.  This is the one thing
> I would love everyone to
> do.  What I want for these languages samples will be
> slightly different from
> what we've done before for Conlang books, and such
> (what happened to that,
> anyway?).  Here's what I'm looking for:
>
> 1.) Language name
> 2.) Creator's name (pen and real, if
> applicable--I'll need the latter for
> copyrighting)
> 3.) Related links
> 4.) Conculture information
> 5.) *Interesting/unique features*
>
>     Number five is the important part.  Rather than
> translating a phrase and
> giving an interlinear (though you can do this), what
> I'm looking for is
> something that your language has that no other does,
> or, possibly, what it
> lacks (for instance, if your language lacks nouns,
> that's very
> interesting--you might want to demonstrate how it
> does that).  Noun cases,
> for example, aren't interesting enough; ten or more
> noun cases, however, do
> classify as interesting.  Also, base systems other
> than 10; inordinately
> large phonemic inventories; Irish-level mutation;
> non-gender noun classes,
> etc.  The idea is not to see what each individual
> language is like, but to
> give these new conlangers an idea of just how
> multifarious language can be.
> Also, most importantly: These should be no longer
> than one page--I'll have to
> fiddle with the format if it goes over.  Also, if
> you have a language with a
> romanization system, please don't use it; just use
> X-SAMPA, or whatever's
> convient--I'll be converting it into IPA on my end.
> If you'd like to
> showcase your orthography, I'd suggest putting a
> sample in the orthography
> section, since it would probably lengthen the
> sample.  I'll be sending an
> example to the list after this e-mail so you can see
> exactly what I'm looking
> for.
>     As a final note, let me stress that it's crucial
> that everyone who gives
> me something give me their name and the month and
> year in which they wrote
> the article or sample (if it's as of the time you're
> sending it to me, you
> can say so and I'll just note the month and year I
> received it).  This is
> very important, seeing as I can't include anything
> without this information.
>     To all those who send anything, I am eternally
> in your debt, and shall
> remember you forever afterwards!  Also, if anybody
> wants a copy of the reader
> when it eventually comes out, I'm sure that can be
> arranged.  So as not to
> gum up the list, all replies should be off-list.
> Thanks!
>
> -David
>
> "Zi hiwejnat zodZaraDatsi pat Zi mirejsat dZaCajani
> sUlo."
> "The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
>                 --Jim Morrison

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