Re: Láadan

On Thursday 28 November 2002 12:32 pm, you wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 November 2002 05:25 pm, Tim May wrote:
> > SHE used to subscribe to CONLANG, and discussed her intentions with
> > Láadan in early 1995.  I have a gzipped tarball of list archives
> > 1993-1996 (which Taliesin sent me, and from which I know all this).  I
> > can forward this to anyone who's interested, as I'm not aware of
> > archives from this period being online anywhere.  Elgin's first post
> > was on 1995-02-25 and discussion of Láadan follows soon after.
>
>         Please do. Maybe pick out some of the more interesting posts--for
> instance, did anyone raise the point that the theory she was testing goes
> against common sense (e.g., that women are 50% of the language speakers,
> and thus 50% "responsible" for the vocabulary and expressions)?
Not to forget, women are largely in control of the language-teaching and
-socialization of children.

Wesley Parish

 I'd be
> interested in hearing her response.
>         Also, Tim, don't think that I've forgotten about the FAQ--I've
> decided that I'm going to try to reorganize things into a more helpful
> manner, probably use PHP some more to take some of the maintenance off my
> shoulders.
>
>         :Peter
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