Re: conlang classification and productivity

Jörg wrote:
>dirk elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...> writes:
>
> > On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote:
> >
> > > Well, my projects so far under the Legratec(TM) rating with an
> > > additional P category for phonology and S for script:
> > >
> > > [snip]
> >
> > Okay. I lost track of this thread. What is a Legratec rating?
>
>The Legratec rating is a system, proposed by Dan Jones if I am not
>mistaken, of rating how well-developed a conlang is.  The original
>Legratec system has four categories:
>
>L - lexicon
>G - grammar
>T - text corpus
>C - conculture
>
>The name "Legratec" is an acronym derived from these categories:
>LExicon, GRAmmar, TExt corpus, Conculture.
>
>I added two further categories:
>
>P - phonology
>S - script
>
>In each category, the language is rated on a scale ranging from 0 (no
>work yet done) to 5 (perfect and complete).
>
Hm, may I suggest that C5 is reinterpreted as "very detailed and develpo" or
similar? My conculture will never get "perfect and complete" for the very
good reason that I haven't inifinite free time on my hands. Developping an
entire galactic civilization is quite a task I can tell you! And so, to a
lesser but still unsurmountable degree, is creating a "full" fantasy or
alt-history world. It's really only the people doing so little forgotten
imaginary corner of the primary world that's even got a chance to get close
to C5 if defined as "perfect and complete".

                                                 Andreas
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