> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Harrison
> I have experimented with making a taxonomic philosophical
conlang. It seemed
> to me that some concepts simultaneously needed to be in 2 or
3 different
> categories, e.g. "president" goes in the "people described by
their
> occupations or social roles" category and also in the
"government" category.
This is why I gave up on that approach a long time ago. I do
still see value in an oligosynthetic system. At least there
will be some mnemonics to aid in learning vocabulary.
> I could never think of an elegant way to mark multiple
categories on a
> single morpheme so I abandoned the idea of doing a taxonomic
conlang. The
> last thing I need is more langs anyway. I often wish I could
be faithful to
> a single conlang but I have a wandering eye.
Amen! I have at least ten incomplete projects on my computer,
as well as a lot of others still being mentally processed until
I get the chance to put them in writing. Forget about whether I
should put them on paper or 8" floppies, I still need to get
them out of my head.