Re: Defining "Language"

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of David Peterson
> The definition I've heard is as follows:
>
> A system of communication used by a community that is creative and
> recursive.
This may not be a popular thing to say here, but I don't consider most
conlangs to be "languages".  I consider them to be plans or blueprints
for languages, and then become languages when they come to life
through usage.  Until then, they are just concepts.  The "community"
may only be two people, but there does need to at least be a speaker
and a listener.

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