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Re: Book on constructive linguistics

From:Sai Emrys <sai@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 4, 2006, 7:36
Ooops.... here's the right link: http://saizai.backpackit.com/pub/777708

On 10/4/06, Sai Emrys <sai@...> wrote:
> I have set up a webpage for this project: > > http://saizai.backpackit.com/page/777717 (you'll need an invite to see > or edit the books). > > As currently conceived, this will be two separate books (though they > may be published between one pair of covers). > > The first is an introductory textbook on constructive linguistics (as > opposed to the traditional descriptive or presecriptive approaches). > > The second is a compilation of essays on the art and philosophy of > advanced language creation. > > See the website for details on each. > > What I'd like are: > * a couple co leads, to guide and organize the project as a whole, > provide a clear purpose, etc > * essay contributors > * conlinguistics 101 contributors > * editors / commentators > - copyeditors per se not needed for a while yet > * conlangers! > - the conlinguistics 101 book is going to show the development of > three languages from conception to fruition. Thus, we need those > languages - AND a very clear "story" for them, i.e. a completely > transparent development. (Of course, the actual development will > probably be complex per usual, but we're creating a *story* here.) > > > P.S. random: "Llevenme a la iglesia ya" just came up on my playlist. > It's.... beyond words. O.O (You may recognize it as "I'm getting > married in the morning" from _My Fair Lady_) >