Re: Explaining linguistic terms to a non-linguist

I found LCK helpful, but very overwhelming at first. He presents so
many options, it's hard to decide which features to include. On the
plus side, however, he definitely explains things well; I found
everything easy to understand.

--Ian

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:11:45 -0400, Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Was talking to an acquaintance of mine today, and got around to the subject
> of what I was up to - reading Conlang posts. She showed an interest in the
> hobby, and I tried explaining basic terms to her. Apparently I'm not the
> best explainer in the world ;) :P I thought of Mark Rosenfelder's LCK. Would
> that be OK as an introduction?
>
> (She even showed an interest of joining the list! :) )
>
> Thanks,
>
> T
>