Re: Yaguello

> But there's not much literature on invented languages, and in the land
> of the beheaded she was the blind king, when she wrote the book in
> 1984. I'd really like a good book on artificial languages that
> concentrates on languages made for art, with a foreword by some
> recognized conlanger (is professor Barker still alive?), a chapter
> on various kinds of invented languages (auxlang, artlang, personal
> languages, languages in fiction, ritual languages), a couple of case
> studies, discussion of the status of languages as art form, development
> of conlanging and its artistic direction, survey of resources. Or a
> book on the process of designing languages, what gets designed first,
> why and how - comparison between artlang development and pidgin
> development, of course complete with case studies and survey of
> existing artlangs. Enough material for a whole scholarly discipline!
This reminds me of a search I once made at the British library. It seems
there is not a single book available in England on the topic of Japanese
national parks. I was cordially invited by the librarian in charge of the
Far east collection to write the first such book.

Boudewijn, I cordially invite you...

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Fabian
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May it mitigate the sufferings of the lost and the damned.
May all that read it find their hearts turned towards Truth and Honour.
and in so doing, repay me for the ardours of my labour.