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Re: LANGUAGE LAWS

From:David G. Durand <dgd@...>
Date:Friday, October 23, 1998, 22:55
>Nik Taylor wrote: >It's my impression that twin languages are almost always created by >identical twins, it's just a matter of how long it lasts. Also, I was >under the impression that those were simply alterations (frequently >phonetic) of their parents' language. I'd have to ask my uncle if he >remembers anything of his. He and my dad (who's deceased) were >identical twins and had just such a twin-language.
You may well be right, about the general characteristics. There are at least fo couple of famous cases of more-peculiar twin languages with twins who were not learning much of the adult speech around them -- due to the unfortunate reasons that I mentioned. I'm sure you're right about the common case, now that I think about it. I certainly don't have any real survey data, and I wonder who does. I find the more radical language creation more interesting, but that's hardly surprising for a conlanger! -- David _________________________________________ David Durand dgd@cs.bu.edu \ david@dynamicDiagrams.com Boston University Computer Science \ Sr. Analyst http://www.cs.bu.edu/students/grads/dgd/ \ Dynamic Diagrams --------------------------------------------\ http://www.dynamicDiagrams.com/ MAPA: mapping for the WWW \__________________________