Re: Necessity of Conculture?

On Sat, 29 May 1999, Chris Peters wrote:

>         I can see the value of that:  I know very well how language grows out of
> culture.  Some of the most well-known conlangs out there (I think of Quenya
> and Klingon specifically) have cultures associated with them, and that only
> adds to their strength.
>         But is it possible to go the other way?  To create a language for its own
> sake?  What do the rest of y'all think?  How important is that conculture,
> as a part of the art of the conlang?
>
        I think a conlang without a fictional culture is perfectly
feasible, though I also think that the desire for a conculture flows
naturally from making a conlang (even the makers of Lojban have the
concept of Lojbanistan <g>).  For me, at least, there would have to be a
conscious effort to suppress creating a conculture when creating a
conlang.

Adam
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