Re: Question about Romlangs/CeltiConlangs

In a message dated 08/18/2002 01.54.10 PM, IJzeren Jan writes:

>Are your languages really 100 % a posteriori, or did you introduce a priori
>elements (words, grammar) as well? Just curious.
    Creolego * is a mixture of _a posteriori_ (Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, PIE,
Germanic, English, Japanese, etc.) and some _a priori_ based on the _a
posteriori_ or whim(sy).
    As I have posted in the past, root-creation IMHO is one of the more "fun"
aspects of the general lingua-manglin' fun of conlangin' ;)
    In some circles (academic and otherwise), _a posteriori_  is called
"motivated root-creation" and _a priori_ is called - appropriately -
"ex-nihilo root-creation."

    * /kreo.lego/ not /kre.ol.go/ ;)

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