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Re: What is needed in an conlang classificatory system?

From:Eruanno the Linguist ( AKA Teorondron ) <eruanno@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 31, 2001, 20:41
>Hey. > >A while back (1 1/2 - 2 years), we were playing around with the >Conlanger Code similar to the Geek Code. I know taliesin put it >up on his website, and I thought was kind of fun; I also >remember Boudewijn (and others) proposing a language code as >well. The idea was to provide a quick snapshot of the >typological features of the language in question. I played >around with a version of the Language Code as well; I might >still have the notes somewhere.
What do you mean by "code"? Explain the concept for those of us ( mainly me ) who don't know what you are talking about...
>I liked the idea because it treated conlangs like "real" >languages by using conventional typological properties found in >languages around the world and applying the same categories to >conlangs. If we wanted to do something like this again, it would >be just a matter of choosing an interesting or significant >subset of typological features and coding them in a sensible >way.
Whatever your talking about, I am sure I would like to be a part of ;-) Eruanno _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com