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Re: A prioi vs. A posteriori ?

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Friday, January 31, 2003, 9:45
En réponse à Greg Williams <funkymonkey1148@...>:

> Question: > > Have any of yall created an 'a priori' language with a lot of 'a > posteriori' vocabulary (i.e., with a lot of the lexicon from natlangs) > or the reverse (an 'a posteriori' language with a lot of 'a priori' > vocabulary)? >
Maggel is an example of a mix of both. It has quite a few words borrowed from natlangs (but often with some change in pronunciation and/or meaning), as well as some grammatical features consciously borrowed (but seriously twisted in the Maggelish sense ;)) ), but its core is still a priori.
> I was thinking of creating a "fun" personal sort of conlang picking out > things from languages I like and adding my own stuff. I want to know if > and how often others do mixes like that. >
I think it's quite frequent, even if it's not always done voluntarily :)) . Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.