Re: Bootstrapping a cooperative conlang

Sorry - I meant that "A conlang without a culture..." to mean "the culture
of which the conlang is the language", not the wider "real-world" cultures
that you and I share, obviously. I'll stop there! (Don't want to get into
debates over whether ASL etc are actual languages...)
Mike
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Subject: Re: Bootstrapping a cooperative conlang


> 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.
>
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