Re: Conlang books collection on Amazon

On Feb 13, 2008 2:13 PM, Amanda Babcock Furrow <langs@...> wrote:
> *shrug*  If it were my personal site, I wouldn't use a widget at all,
> just a link.  But that would be out of character with the rest of the
> page, which is after all somewhat promotional and meant to draw people
> in, so I see why you're doing it.  (I have to force myself to look at
> the widgets, though, whereas I automatically read plain text.  Moving
> objects inside a border == advertising, avert eyes! :)
That's really simply a matter of convenience. Yes, it's promotional,
but there's no particular reason it needs to be moving and branded and
such. It's just: I have limited willingness to sit and futz with
links, and making a whole set of links (with price estimates,
pictures, etc) in a pretty arrangement is beyond that. A widget isn't.
:-P

If we had someone willing to do design work on our website (any
takers? services are donations too) then perhaps this could be
solved...

> Your list is, not surprisingly, very heavy on the cognitive semantics.
I *think* I got everything from the recommendations thread that wasn't
language-specific. Not trying to do any sort of enge sway here, just
to make sure that it'd be of interest to conlangers generally  (of
whatever persuasion) or at least significant portions thereof. If I
missed something, it's due to oversight, not malice. ;-)

> Without going upstairs to check, I can think of a few syntax books I
> have that you are missing (though I haven't checked that they're in
> print):
All added.

- Sai

P.S. Your reply-to is weird; it double-lists CONLANG in addition to
your personal address.

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