Re: Musical conlangs (was: Poetique)

En réponse à Costentin Cornomorus :


>The reason why I asked that question in that way
>was to get at the very reason for the pause after
>each word. I don't know anything about Solresol
>in particular, so I may be wrong: I suspect that
>a person familiar with Solresol will not need a
>distinct pause between each word for the same
>reason he doesn't need one in English.
He will, because otherwise he just cannot parse the language. It is too 
ambiguous.


>That's only a shade over two standard octaves.
>
>Of course, I'm not sure why Solresol is
>restricted to three note words either.
IIRC, the rule is that lexical items are three notes long, while two notes 
and one note words are grammatical. The problem is, all possibilities are 
used, so it becomes nearly impossible to parse without a pause after each 
word, and because the language fails like many languages of that time: it 
tried to "organise" the world, and thuse fabricates its vocabulary 
according the the same principles as philosophical languages of the time 
(i.e. similar-sounding words have similar meanings).

Christophe Grandsire.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang. 

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