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Re: Conlanging techniques

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 3, 2001, 23:23
Bjorn Kristinsson wrote:
> > First of all, you've been great! :D Must be the friendliest list I've ever > subscribed to :)
Thanks!
> Now to my question, I was wondering if you had any conlanging techniques to > share. Like, do you use computers much and what software do you use?
It all depends on the individual. Some people use computers a lot, others not at all, except, at most, to record what they create. I personally use computers mostly just for recording.
> Do you follow the now-surely-famous The Language Construction Kit > guidelines?
I can't remember those. :-)
> I personally have found it very difficult making up a whole phonetic > system with restrictions and the lot before starting with the actual > lexicon
Again, that depends on the individual. I have to start with a phonetic system before I make the lexicon, but the phonetic system is fluid in the early stages. Generally, I start out with a vague idea of where I want to go. I start out designing a provisional phonology, then I make up a few words and some inflections, then some vague idea of syntax. Then, after that, it's all refining. :-)
> Common sense isn't.
I like that. :-) -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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