Re: How to write down a language design?

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 04:34:35PM +0100, Carsten Becker wrote:
> What takatunu did was awesome ... great help for making the grammar more
> understandable! I downloaded the Ebisedean (right spelling?) grammar, now
> that's really great!
Thanks! The right spelling is Ebisédian, though I usually type it as
Ebisedian since I'm too lazy to remember which alt-key combinations makes
é.

> I have not read everything yet, grammars are not that interesting to
> read in general I think, but what I read was well understandable. It's
> just difficult to remember things when you're not used to them and know
> nothing about them, but this is always the case when I read a grammar.
In that case, you're probably more interested in the Ebisédian tutorial:
        http://quickfur.ath.cx:8080/~hsteoh/conlang/tutorial.pdf

It's unfortunately incomplete since I haven't been working on it, but it
does give a good intro which may help you better understand the reference
grammar.


T

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