Re: conlang classification and productivity
From: | Robert Hailman <robert@...> |
Date: | Thursday, February 15, 2001, 0:01 |
Jörg Rhiemeier 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).
>
> As can be told from the many 0's and 1's in my ratings, most of my
> projects are/were very poorly developed ;-)
Hmm - I was wondering about this too, but I stayed quiet to save face.
;-) I must have missed the original post.
Anyways, I'm gonna give this a go. Ajuk would be L2 G4 T1 C4, for 11/20.
Urk. Adding your additions, Jörg, I'd be L2 G4 T1 C4 P5 S0, or 16/30.
Just as incomplete, but more than half done. At least I can rejoice in
that.
--
Robert