Re: artlang-blindness of linguists (was ...)

Staving Jörg Rhiemeier:


>Actually, there are not too few linguists who don't even take Esperanto
>seriously, though such utter rejection is less common today than
>it was 100 years ago, when many linguists still entertained an "organic"
>view of language as something that lives and grows, and thought of
>constructed languages as bloodless homunculi.  This kind of sentiment
>can still be occasionally encountered today, and when there is not
>even a serious purpose behind a language design, many people are
>ready to reject it as a meaningless plaything.

I've always held the "organic" view of language, and I try to reflect it in
my conlangs. I'm currently discovering Magikimnaz by translating a langthy
story from Khangaþyagon into it. As the story concerns an incident which
took place during the expansion of the Empire of Yimegan, which was the
culture to which Magikimnaz was spoken.

Pete