Re: Láadan
| From: | Peter Clark <peter-clark@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 23:38 |
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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)? 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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