Re: Bootstrapping a cooperative conlang
| From: | <morphemeaddict@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 18, 2007, 1:48 |
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In a message dated 11/17/2007 6:50:51 PM Central Standard Time,
mike@STARMAN.CO.UK writes:
> And I have a feeling that's why a conlang without a culture is not a
> conlang
> at all.
>
A conlang does exist in the real world though. It doesn't require a separate
culture for its existence.
As an example, ASL (not a conlang, of course) exists in the US (and Canadian)
cultures, but there is virtually no sign of it in that culture. Yet ASL
maintains its integrity as a language in that culture, whether or not the culture
itself acknowledges the language.
stevo </HTML>
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