Re: Good reads for the novice conlanger?
| From: | Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 5, 2002, 23:00 |
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At 6:13 PM +0000 8/5/02, Robert \"Neo\" Hill wrote:
>Hello,
>
> I am starting work on the most ambitious language project of
>mine to date,
>and I would like some good reading for a person with no linguistic
>background. A few have made suggestions, but I have lost them in the sea of
>endless conlang messages ;). Any common books I may be able to pick up at the
>local library or used book store? Thanks in advance.
_Describing Morphosyntax_, which Peter mentioned, is a bit advanced
if you have "no linguistic background", but I second his
recommendation. Another book that I frequently recommend is Sapir's
_Language_. It assumes no linguistic background on the part of the
reader, and is a good introduction to the study of language.
Dirk
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Dirk Elzinga Dirk_Elzinga@byu.edu
Man deth swa he byth thonne he mot swa he wile.
'A man does as he is when he can do what he wants.'
- Old English Proverb