of/for ( Language Creation: The International Language Construction Bulletin (working title)

Christophe wrote:


>En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>:
>
>>
>> This, I think, should be left to the idiom of the conlang in question.
>> In my language, it would definitely be "for", because "of" just
>> wouldn't
>> sound right.
And in Kash it would be _liri_ 'concerning, about'......
>>
>
>The problem is that this part of the title will stay in English. Only the
>words: "Language Creation" will be translated. I think it is enough, and I
like
>every issue to have at least a subtitle in common :)) .
>
The only  comparable title that comes to mind immediately is IJAL "Intl.
Journal OF American Linguistics".  I don't know any any "Journal for...".
usages offhand, so I guess on balance my vote goes for "[language creation,
in conlang]: Intl. Jnl. of Lang. Creation."

In other cases, the of-phrase is an outright possessive:  JAMA "Journal OF
the Amer. Medical Assn.", "LANGUAGE: the Journal OF the Ling. Soc. of
America" and many others.

Of course, other languages differ.  Zeitschrift für Eingeborenen
Sprachen....., Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde.... et
al.