Re: Presentation on Language Creation

 --- David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> wrote: >
Hi All,
>
> The linguistics undergraduates in my linguistics
> department at Berkeley
> (including me) are putting together a symposium for
> October 26th.   We're
> going to have 5 of our professors speaking, 4 of our
> graduate students, one
> student who just graduated last year and isn't in
> graduate school yet, and
> me.   The topics could be about anything, so I'm
> doing mine on language
> creation.   My intent is to get the idea out there,
> and to dispell any of the
> myths and misconceptions the linguistics community
> may have.   As such, I
> have some questions:
>
> 1.) What are some of the myths you perceive that irk
> you?   I could come up
> with a bunch, but then that would be just me, and
> I'm only one language
> creator, so I want to get ideas from different
> people.
>
> 2.) Does anyone have any information on or any links
> to information on the
> history of language creation--specifically,
> information on NON-Auxlangs from
> way in the past?   I found a bunch of information on
> Auxlangs, but very
> little on non, aside from the Voynich manuscript.
> Is there anything out
> there?
>
> 3.) Concerning non-Auxlangs, again, what's of note?
>  There's Marc Okrand,
> Tolkien, maybe the Blade movies can get a mention,
> maybe Magma, the new Star
> Trek, or Star Trek in general, but what else?   How
> well, for example, is
> Amman Iar known?   Are there any a priori conlangs
> created just for fun that
> have gotten any attention whatsoever aside from the
> ones mentioned?   I mean,
> I know a bunch of the conlangs of people on this
> list, and there are a bunch
> I like, but I can't go through them all, and, if
> their situation is anything
> like the situations of mine, then they don't exist,
> for the most part,
> outside of me and my computer.
>
> That's pretty much it; anything else I've got a
> handle on.   You can e-mail
> me offlist, if you'd like, so as not to clog up
> CONLANG, though most of this
> is on topic, I'd say.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -David
>
possibly the main thing that seems to be that it's
impossible to generalise

conlangers aren't all geeks ( either meaning ), but
some may be proud to be thought of that way
conlangers don't all have concultures, but some have
very rich ones
conlangers don't all like adventure gaming, but some
do
conlangers aren't all compulsive pedants, but some are
conlangers don't all know too much about languages (
arguably ) for their own good, but some do
conlangers aren't all gay left-handed lithuanians, but
i forget whether some are
conlangers aren't all obsessive listmakers, but some
are

bn

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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