Re: Extrapolating languages

In a message dated 2003:12:22 02:31:25 AM, fiziwig@YAHOO.COM writes:

>WOW! An interesting read [http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/futurese.html].
 >But that raises a question.
> Could a language be designed in such a way as to
>defeat Grimm's law.  In other words, is there some
>design which, due to its inherent simplicity or
>efficienty, would be more resistent to change than a
>natlang?
>
>I.e., does change occur just for the sake of change,
>or is there some notion of "striving" toward a "more
>perfected" form?  And if so, could a more perfected
>form be designed which would thus resist change?
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