Re: NonVerbal Conlang?
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 25, 2006, 22:21 |
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Everybody:
Is the proper term for "oral" in signing "verbal"? A *verbal* language as
opposed to one signed by the hands?
I suppose the shift in meaning from "word" to "articulated sound" has come
along gradually; something that isn't "verbalized" can be indicated by other
means (a gesture, a look, a behavior)--an early suggestion that such
communication was thought to have no "words" in the traditional sense. But
since there are so many "verbless" languages spoken of on CONLANG, I was
confused. I think "non-oral" would have been more enlightening.
Certainly there are "words" in non-oral or non-verbal languages?
Sally
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sai Emrys" <sai@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: NonVerbal Conlang?
> As a note - Kelen is a verbal language with no verbs; ASL is a
> nonverbal language with verbs.
>
> Not sure which the OP was asking for...
>
> - Sai
>
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