Re: An Idea (Hopefully Non-offensive)

> From: David Peterson
>
> In a message dated 4/24/01 4:09:36 AM, dbell@GRAYWIZARD.NET writes:
>
> << Is creating a universal auxiliary language really that easy?  Are there
> really auxlangers out there who can whip up an auxlang with no more effort
> that it takes to enter a sweepstakes? >>
>
>     Well, granted, I'd need three days, maybe a week, but it's
> not that hard,
Well, what do I know.  It's only taken me something like 30 years to create
a mere artlang.

> I think, if you're only coming up with the grammar, the phonology, syntax,
> morphology, et cetera, and not a full lexicon.  Of course, I'm assuming a
> universal language would be totally created with no outside influences
> whatsoever, save for which phones to choose.  I imagine it would be more
> difficult for those who feel the need to borrow words from a number of the
> world's languages.  But anyway, it's April, and if I were to imagine a
> deadline, it'd be some time in July, so that's two-three months;
> not bad, I
> think.
It seems to me that the design of the lexicon (a posterior vs. a priori,
representation of languages in a posteriori auxlangs, at sight readability,
ease of learning, cultural neutrality etc.) is far more important in an
auxlang than in an artlang.  Certainly auxlangers debate this more.

But as I said before, what do I know.  I couldn't whip up anything remotely
resembling a language of any kind in "three days, maybe a week."

David

David E. Bell
The Gray Wizard
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