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Re: Poetique

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Friday, January 2, 2004, 19:17
--- Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
> On Thursday, January 1, 2004, at 02:05 PM, > Christophe Grandsire wrote: > > > En ré°¯nse à ’ay Brown : > [snip] > > >> There are some conlangs that offer > possibilities that are not normally > >> found in natlangs, e.g. SolreSol, which has > music built into it, > > > > Actually, since the rules of SolReSol oblige > you to pause after each word, > > I'm not sure it is that well-suited to > poetry. It doesn't sound *that* > > nice actually :)) . > > I hadn't realized you had to keep pausing - > 'twould indeed make for > strange rhythms. > So it doesn't sound very nice. Every so often > I toy with the idea of a > 'musical conlang'. It should be possible > to come up with something that doesn't need all > those pesky pauses. I > think one should include morae as > well as different pitches - um, something to do > when I retire ;)
Like in actual music, I don't see why you couldn't pause after a phrase. Just like in spoken language! Padraic. ===== la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .

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