Re: Family project
| From: | Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, August 3, 2001, 15:33 |
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:34:32 -0500, Andrew Chaney <adchaney@...> wrote:
>on 31/07/2001 19:04, Roger Mills at romilly@EGL.NET wrote:
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>>> I vote for closer to IE, as well.
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>Me too.
Do we already discuss the protolang? Just one idea: I think we don't need
anything elaborated to start the game. In fact, we can adjust many details
when requested by the participants (players? teammates?).
>>> I'm very much in favor of Earth, but not this Earth. I don't want to
>>> have to mess around with animals that we create, different types of land
>>> masses, plants, etc. I want there to be lions, tigers, bears, oaks,
lilies,
>>> the whole bit. Doing it otherwise (in my opinion) would be far too
>>> difficult.
Also applicable to sentient beings (speakers)? Just for uniformity's sake ;)
I agree. BTW, any ideas for the chronology? I'd vote for the protolang
representing an early Bronze Age human culture, and a naturalistic
pace of linguistic changes for the daughter languages.
>I vote for a completely a priori language family on an alternate Earth with
>independant history. Same flora & fauna, different human history.
What about lexification? Well, maybe a precipitate question...
Basilius
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