| From: | Tommie L Powell <tommiepowell@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 24, 2001, 18:00 |
On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:> > We know that full-featured grammars form in one generation. > Read any book about creoles.We know that full-featured grammars form in one generation if the people forming them already speak languages that have full-featured grammars. No creole has been created without that "bootstrap" aid (and neither has any conlang). -- Tommie
| Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |