Re: info appreciated
| From: | Jeffrey Henning <jeffrey@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 19, 2004, 6:39 |
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:07:12 -0800, RJ <rockdeity@...> wrote:
>I am trying to invent a very simple functional language for an
entertainment >software product. Succinctly, it needs to be easily
understandable by a
>machine, easily learned by children as young as 6 and as non-ethnocentric as
>possible. I am considering modeling it after ASL or something similar and
>using a simple grammar like a context-free grammar. Does anyone know any
>valuable info for this endeavor or anyone who has attempted this before?
Check out the page on Furbish that some of us on this list (and some not)
put together:
http://www.langmaker.com/furbish.htm
Furbish imposed severe constraints on the phonology in order to more easily
generate the sounds; you will want to impose severe constraints in order to
make sounds more readily distinguishable by computer.
Furbish had a very limited grammar and word-set. You will want both as
well. I don't think you can get by with a context-free grammar, though.
For ideas for a limited grammar, see Kalaba-X:
http://www.langmaker.com/db/mdl_kalabax.htm
Best regards,
Jeffrey