Re: How to recite the works of Shakespeare in 2.5 minutes

Hello,

> Since we've been talking about deaf communication and sign language, I
> thought of also incorporating gestures *with* speech, so as
> to even shorten
> the time needed to say something. The grammatical affix for
> "you" would be
> replaced with pointing to the speaker, for example. But it's more
> complicated than that.
You should check out Harry Harrison's 'West of Eden', where the language
of the Yilanè (constructed by the well-known Germanicist and
Tolkienologist Tom Shippey) has gestures as an integral part of the
language. What's good about the book is that it has a special appendix
on languages, in good ol' LotR tradition.

Pavel
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