Re: Presentation on Language Creation

Re: Presentation on Language CreationMm. I suppose what virtually all conlangs
have in common is an alliance with science fiction and/or fantasy which,
whether we like it or not, is seen as somehow "not proper academic serious
literature" and so is marginalised or left to geekdom.
In the British fairy tradition there are a few accounts of languages spoken by
that people which you may choose to regard as conlanging. Some of this "Elvish"
seems to be thinly disguised Greek, so doesn't really count. My favourite
legend, the Green Children of Woolpit (in Suffolk, not too far from here)
relates how the two children spoke an unintelligible language, but
unfortunately we aren't given any examples!
Mike