Re: Bootstrapping a cooperative conlang

In a message dated 11/18/2007 9:47:58 PM Central Standard Time,
hmiller@IO.COM writes:


> So is the intended purpose of this system a way of documenting the
> various usages of a word in a particular variety of language? Or are
> there various parts of the definition that explain how the meaning of
> the word varies over time and in different dialects?
>
Both.
NSM is a way of defining words in terms of the small set of undefinable words
which are the semantic primes.
These semantic primes also seem to occur in all human languages, thus
ensuring that a concept in one language can be translated into any other.

stevo   </HTML>