Re: conlang classification and productivity
From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
Date: | Saturday, February 10, 2001, 23:18 |
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, And Rosta wrote:
> (a) a notional absolute reckoning of the elaborateness of each of
> P, L, G, T, C (in their completed forms).
How?
> (b) a percentage for the extent to which each of P, L, G, T, C are
> borrowed/derived from, modelled on, prior sources.
Well, yes.
> (c) a percentage for how much each of P, L, G, T, C has been created.
> (d) a percentage for how much each of P, L, G, T, C has been documented.
The problem with that is that I don't know how much what I've got is
of what there is; I can't see the whole language, only the parts of
it that I have and just a little bit beyond. How can one *ever* know?
It's not as if I'm making something with the intent of *finishing*
it.
Irina
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