Re: conlang.org
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 16, 1999, 22:54 |
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On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, David G. Durand wrote:
>
> >
> > I've wanted to do dead-tree publications of some Conlang-related material,
> > Matt's grammar (and maybe others), Rick Morneau's book on verbs, and so
> > forth. I'd love to have a series of nicely produced conlang reference
> > grammars. This project requires money, both for startup, as well as a
> > market for the books themselves.
> >
>
> This could be difficult to do - I've been on the team that once produced
> (and got into a bookshop) the Yearbook of the Nederlands Genootschap voor
> Linguafictie, and it was a hard job. Anyway, I'd prefer CD-Rom grammars,
> myself, since I firmly believe paper, beautiful is it is, isn't really
> suited to language descriptions. On the other hand, to have the Grammar
> of Tokana standing next to the Grammar of Dumi...
Imperfect as they are, some of us have them ready to go. I've got some
downstairs awaiting binding. All I need is to get the books, the drill,
me and the needle and thread in the same place. :)
Which reminds me. I also managed to sneak a copy of the Kernu grammar
into a local used bookstore. It'll be interesting to see if anyone finds
it strange enough to buy.
> > What do you think about this? [in my dialect, "you" is still indefinite as
> > to number]
> >
>
> I think very well of it ;-). Lengleng ray, as the expression is.
I second that!
Padraic.