Re: Con-prescriptivism

Nik Taylor wrote:

> The recent flameskirmish (I don't think it's quite a *war*, more like a
> brief skirmish) around prescriptivism, etc., as well as a joking remark
> by someone about having a "haughty" register in conlangs got me to
> thinking about conprescriptivism.  I seem to remember that Elet Anta ha=
s
> a fictional language academy, but does anyone else have one?
Hangkerim has one.  They prescrive which is correct use and which is inco=
rrect,
but they also promote the recompilation of all written or weaved material=
, and
the use of Hangkerimce in the computer world, research on technologies th=
at help
to write, print, speak in Hangkerimce, and they have special departments =
for
approaching the same goals with the other languages in Hangkerim.

About prescriptions, Hangkerimce Academy is very picky on the use of the =
correct
mode-aspect morphems, and for not mixing them.  Also borrowings when ther=
e is a
correct Hangkerim word or those borrowings are not adapted to the Hangker=
im
phonology...

Chleweiness has no academy and is use of Chleweyish the one which marks
correctness and incorrectness, and the Supreme authority of the Chleweine=
ss is
the only one to decide what is Chleweyish and what is an invalid attempt =
(and
therefore will not count for making correct Chleweyish).

--
Carlos Th
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/9028/

Luh=EDz=F9langk=FBr=EB puh=EDz=F9langy=EFm=EAr=EB
Luh=EDz=F9langk=FBr=EB puh=E9v=F9lay=EFm=EAyih=EDz=F9
                -- Hangkerim proverb

Vec=FBr=EBrangk=FBr=EB
                -- Hangkerim proverb

Chlewey norme munchoe prayme cheyle.
                -- Chleweyish proverb