Re: class conlang project

JOEL MATTHEW PEARSON wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> As some of you know, I currently attempting to finish my PhD in
> linguistics at UCLA.  This quarter I'm the teaching assistant for a
> class called Honors 56, "Language as a Window on the Mind".  For our
> study sections this term, my students and I will be engaged in a
> project which might be of some interest to this list, to wit: we
> will be constructing an invented language.
Sounds absolutely fascinating! Almost  makes me want to be a student again.
(Please note the word "almost" :-) )
But seriously, have you given any thought to: as the lang progresses, using
phrases from the lang in your
lectures and encouraging the students to use them in (and out?) of class?
IMHO it might add another layer
of "special" to an already special experience.

va'i wuh mhuhu, auag kehs wfozuh!
Success  to you all!

Dan Sulani


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