Re: CHAT: The Conlang Instinct
| From: | Gerald Koenig <jlk@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 2, 1999, 5:26 |
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>"J. Barefoot" wrote:
>> Does it ever
>> get you into trouble, i.e., do pedantic proofreaders ever give you grief
>> about perfectly grammatical sentences that run to five clauses or more?
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>
>> So I guess we should ask: Do you
>> consistently and spontaneously do quirky things with your native lang? Did
>> you do this before you were consciously a conlanger?
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>Well, I do have an unusual "idiocent"
>(idiocent:accent::idiolect:dialect). I suspect that part of it, at
>least the reason I haven't lost it, is an unconcious desire to have a
>unique pronunciation.
Or maybe you have the artistic, improvisational talent of the jazz
singer.
>
>> It makes me think, perhaps
>> these languages are already fully formed, deep in the subconscious, waiting
>> for the intellect to discover them.
For some corroboration of your view, visit:
http://www.percep.demon.co.uk/lexicon.htm
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Gerald Lea Koenig | jlkatnetcomdotcom There is boundless demonization.
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