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Re: How to write down a language design?

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Saturday, November 1, 2003, 21:45
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 10:23:24PM +0100, Harald Stoiber wrote:
> Hello ladies and gentlemen, > > Please view this as a kind of brainstorming query to get myself ideas > how other people handle this matter. And here is the matter: > > How do you keep notes of your creations? Especially I am talking about > the case of an unusual grammar and/or syntax. Which way do you prefer - > tons of examples plus explanations? Or some more abstract description?
[snip] I don't know about keeping notes per se, but one way I both develop and keep track of interesting grammatical features is by writing up a reference grammar. For example: <shameless plug> http://quickfur.ath.cx:8080/~hsteoh/conlang/grammar.pdf </shameless plug> T -- "I'm not childish; I'm just in touch with the child within!"