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Re: Llirine: How to creat a language

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Thursday, December 6, 2001, 13:21
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 23:33:36 +1100 Tristan Alexander McLeay
<anstouh@...> writes:
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Y.Penzev wrote: > > > Answer: Your English may be very good, but I am > > > talking about how to break tradition in order to find > > > a new theory dealing language. Your target is learning > > > English, my target is study language. > > > Su Cheng Zhong
> > There is no such thing as 'language' (in contrast to 'a lang.' and > 'the > > lang.')
> Erm... Yes there is, language as a whole like phonology and syntax > and > such, not an individual one. The `science' of language, if you > will. > > Tristan
- That's pretty much what i end up saying when people hear that i'm majoring in Linguistics (well, double-majoring in that and Judaic Studies, but anyway) and then they ask "what language(s)?" -Stephen (Steg) "mew with me! (meep)" ~ not quite _rent_