Re: A Lang family ...
| From: | Amber Adams <amber@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, August 1, 2001, 20:46 |
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On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 07:47:53PM -0500, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
> The only theoretical objection I might have to this is that we
> might be deluded by our inbuilt sense of our own native languages
> what is likely to happen, and what isn't.
Good point. That's why I put in the bits about speaking in a
fake foreign accent (cheesy, I know, but it might open your
horizons) and changing one random sound into one other random
sound and seeing what happens. Of course, that's not foolproof,
I think the only way to really minimize native language inteference
in conlanging is to just look at lots of natlangs, so your
mind stays open.