Re: Alan Libert: 'A Priori Artificial Languages' recommendable?

Hi!

Doug Dee <AmateurLinguist@...> writes:
> theiling@ABSINT.COM writes:
>
> >Does anyone know the following book?  Is it recommendable?
>
> >> LW 24: A Priori Artificial Languages
>...
> 2.  It's expensive for its size.  (I bought it together with its
> twin, _Mixed Artificial Languages_ and paid something over $100 for
> the pair, including shipping.
I have the advantage that the publisher is in Germany, so shipping is
only about 2 EUR.  But anyway, most book of that publisher seem a bit
over-prized even without the shipping.

In general, however, the publisher does have quite a remarkable
selection of strange linguistic book, which is a very good thing, so I
consider them worth being supported.  If the contents are ok, it'd be
ok for me to pay a few extra euros in order to support their strange
collection.

What about the 'Mixed Artificial Languages'?  Is that worth reading
then?

To start, I just ordered 'A Grammar of Kalaallisut', which I have been
interested in for quite some time now.

> 3. Coverage is uneven since the author did not always have a good
> source for information on a language
Hmmm...

> 4. The author, apparently assuming that anyone interested in this
> topic must be a Serious Scholar of Languages, does not bother to
> translate the numerous quotations from sources in French, Spanish,
> and German.  (E.g., the information given on the writing system for
> the language Chane Abane in section 3.2 consists entirely of a
> 5-line quotation in French.)
Ok, I think although that is not a very nice habit, I think it
wouldn't bother me too much.

Thanks a lot for the comments! :-)

**Henrik