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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 -- Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay. irina@valdyas.org (myself) http://www.valdyas.org/irina/valdyas