Re: Introduction, and a Couple Questions
From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
Date: | Sunday, January 27, 2008, 23:29 |
Parker Glynn-Adey wrote:
> About conlanging though:
> -Why do most people start their work on a language with their phonology?
Probably just efficiency more than anything. It can be tricky to go back
later and revise the phonology after developing the other aspects of the
language. Of course, you don't need a fully defined phonology to start
with -- you might just start with an idea of what sounds are in the
language and how the syllables are structured. But as your vocabulary
grows, every time you want to make a change to the phonology you'll need
to examine a larger number of words to see what changes might be
necessary. I just went through that with Minza recently, and it's not
something I want to have to do again.