TECH: Auto-Segmenting Engelang (was REQUEST: Engelang?)

On Mon, 30 May 2005 01:08:32 -0700, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>
wrote:

>(3) Engelang: The creator starts out with a problem, e.g., how
>can a language with the fewest number of sounds work?  How
>can I make it so that the most basic concepts are expressed with
>the fewest number of words?  Can a language exist without
>any pronouns?  The creator, then, sets out to create a language
>to solve these problems specifically, without taking into consideration
>any aspect of language which doesn't relate to the problems they
>set out to address.
>
>That's what I think of when I think of an engelang.  All the languages
>I've thought of that have features like an engelang, though, can
>really be classified as artlangs or auxlangs or conlangs.  I was looking
>for one that's purely an engelang.
One such problem that I frequently grapple with is auto-segmentation.  That
is, can a language be constructed such that any combination of morphemes
has one and only one meaning?  This problem is also very interesting from a
natural-language-processing or speech-recognition point of view.  Any
takers here? :P

- Rob

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