Re: CHAT: Most boring part of constructing a new language?
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 16, 1999, 22:18 |
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, taliesin the storyteller wrote:
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> Most boring? Finding roots to fit a meaning. I STILL haven't found the
> right root to derive "question" and "ask" from (current contestant is
> <lyly> and I hate it...), but it has to be done :(
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I'm not overly fond of determining phonological rules, and sticking
to them - I know that in my next paragraph of my grammar, I will
break them all. As I did indeed when I determined the backwards
assimilation rules for the weak negation prefix...
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> The best part is experimenting with grammar, seeing how a tiny change
> somewhere can unexpectedly affect something else.
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The bit I enjoy most is making example sentences for my reference
grammar - finding something that shows the point I'm describing,
looks like it comes from something larger and is entertaining
in itself. A kind of micro-poety ;-).
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt