Re: CHAT: EU allumettes (was: Re: THEORY/CHAT: Talmy, Jackendoff and Matchboxes

In a message dated 2004:05:04 09:50:24 AM, andjo@FREE.FR writes:

>Quoting J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>:
>
>>     I am of the opinion that a conlanger's methodical morphosyntactic
>> approach is the only way to go about creating a realistic auxlang worth
>> considering (or at least "neat")- and it seems the general and mutual
consensus >>here is that a pidgin-creole type auxlang-conlang is prob'ly the best
bet and/or
>>the most fun ;) If any one happens to think otherwise - partly or wholly,
please
>>post an explanatory rebuttal - this could be interesting... hehe...
>
>Orthodox Auxlangism has yet to convince me that ease of learning should
>be a priority in the design of an international language.
    Me, too. I think there is a rather critical bit of difference 'tween
"ease of learning" and "relative ease of usage and creativity"* or "fun".

* or rapid deployment/use and expandibility

    If an auxlang has "relative ease of usage and creativity" _and_ "fun" as
planning and design imperatives, then that auxlang might attract the attention
and fairly large followings that Klingon and Tolkien languages have (and
conlanged imitations thereof). Klingon and Tolkien languages are _not_ in any way
exemplars of "Orthodox Auxlangism" and their _ideé fixe/ideé reçue_ of "ease
of learning."

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