Re: Going NOMAIL: Honeymoon (was Re: Word classification (was Re: The philosophical language fallacy (was Re: Evanescence of information (was Re: Going NOMAIL: Honeymoon))))

Hallo!

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 22:08:44 -0700, David J. Peterson wrote:

> That's a fun subject header!
Especially now that you let it come full circle :)

> Just a quick line to let everyone know that I'm back, and I
> read all the discussion that followed.  Thanks for the
> congratulations and fond wishes!
>
> Lars:
> <<
> Here is the classification system I used when I set up my first
> substantial word lists in Urianian.
>  >>
>
> I've snipped the rest.  A neat system!  While I think I generally
> agree with Jörg about the philosophical language fallacy,
> semantic categorization can be a *lot* of fun for artlangs--
> especially when it comes to noun classes.  If a language has
> noun classes, then every noun has to fit into one of the
> classes, and that in itself proves interesting even when you
> only have two (e.g., masculine and feminine).
Yes.  Noun classes are interesting.  My main conlang Old Albic
has a rather boring system: animate vs. inanimate, with a
secondary distinction betwenn masculine, feminine and common
in the animate class.  Most words fall into where you'd expect
them to, but there are some exceptions.  A few abstract concepts
(such as 'language') are animate; 'Sun' and 'Earth' are feminine,
'Moon' and 'Sky' are masculine.  I plan to implement more
elaborate noun class systems in some of Old Albic's daughters.

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