VB: 11.912, Qs: Grammar and Writing, Inventing Languages

Has anyone seen this? It came yesterday on Linguist List.
I have only skimmed through my 467 unread mails so I'm
sorry if anyone already posted this here, but I didn't
see any mails on it.

Well, back to catching up...

Daniel

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> Date:  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:13:11 -0600 (CST)
> From:  burt@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu (Susan Meredith Burt)
> Subject:  Methods and Motivations of Inventing Languages
>
> hello, All!
>
> A student of mine is interested in the motivations and methods of those who
> invent languages as the outgrowth of fiction, such as Klingon, Ladan or
> Elvish.  Has anyone done work on this?
>
> Please reply to me off-list; I will post a summary if there seems to be
> sufficient interest.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Susan Burt
>
> "The unexamined college is not worth loving." --Mabel Lang
>
> Susan Meredith Burt
>
> until May 15:
>
> Department of English
> University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
> 800 Algoma Blvd.
> Oshkosh WI 54901 USA
> internet: Burt@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu
>
> Thereafter:
>
> 602 Normal Avenue
> Normal, IL 61761
> phone: 309-888-2704
>
> After August 16, 2000:
>
> Department of English
> Illinois State University
> Campus Box 4240
> Normal, IL 61790-4240
>
> my best guess at an email address: smburt@ilstu.edu