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Re: Relexes Pt. 1: Defence

From:Greg <greg.johnstons@...>
Date:Sunday, December 14, 2003, 13:50
Relexes are only less than could be accomplished when they are using the
grammar of one's native tongue.

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Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 5:44 PM
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Subject: Re: Relexes Pt. 1: Defence

Gary Shannon wrote:

> In the final analysis it might be difficult to find a > conglang that is not a relex of SOME language, whether > Latin, English, or Urdu. Is there really such a thing > as a novel grammar?
I think many of us would say: H.S.Teoh's Ebisedian (he hasn't been posting much lately) Sylvia Sotomayor's Kelen (all-noun, sort-of) doesn't IMO resemble any natlang

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