Re: basic morphemes of a loglang

Jörg Rhiemeier:
> And Rosta <a.rosta@...> wrote:
> > Rick Harrison's
>
> Rick Morneau's.  BTW: neither of the "two great Ricks", as I like
> to call them, seems to be active in CONLANG anymore.  They are referred
> to every now and then, but no longer post here.
I beg the Ricks' pardon. I wouldn't ordinarily mix them up, but you're
right, it is rather like all the various New Testament Johns.

> >      very elegant creation Katanda (now called something else,
> > but I
> > forget what)
>
> Nasendi.  Unless he has changed the name yet again.
Does nasendi postdate nensendi? At any rate, 'Katanda' shd work for
googling, I think.

> >      used a similar but more systematic approach, whereby roots are
> > formed out of meaningful root-forming morphemes that serve to provide
clues
> > about the root's meaning.
>
> Nasendi is a rare beast, showing many traits of a philosophical
> language. In my humble opinion it is monstrous rather than elegant.
The monstrousness of rationality pursued to its logical conclusion is
to me a beautiful thing!

In its syntax--semantics, I find Nasendi a little crude, but its morphology
strikes me as the product of long and discriminating cerebration.

--And.