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Re: The Great Sundering (was Re: basic morphemes of a loglang)

From:Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...>
Date:Thursday, November 27, 2003, 8:11
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:21:41 +0100, =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg?= Rhiemeier
<joerg_rhiemeier@...> wrote:

>Hallo! > >On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:43:38 -0500, >John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote: > >> Jörg Rhiemeier scripsit: >> >> > Designing an auxlang means choosing features of a language >> > guided by the opinion that the choice taken serves to advance the >> > general design goals of an auxlang, namely [...]. >> > Whichever choice you make, people will >> > judge your choice against the design goals mentioned above, and >> > some of them *will* have a different opinion than you have. >> >> What of it? On this list, you can freely design auxlangs (I have >> done so) by stating the goals you want. What is off-limits is >> arguing about those goals. > >Absolutely. However, stating the goals and presenting the features >that are meant to fulfill the goals entails the risk of treading >loose an argument about the goals, and whether the features meet >the goals.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Engelang yet. That's a good place to discuss determining if the design goals are met. Very low traffic too. Jeff
>> > Voilà, auxlang advocacy has crept in, and the crowd will (justifiably) >> > shout: "Take that to AUXLANG!" >> >> It's one thing to ask "Does feature X satisfy goal Y?" and another >> to say "Feature X is a Good Thing" with respect to some expressed >> or unexpressed goal Y. > >True. It is two different things, but some people don't realize, >and one thing may lead to the other. I am NOT in favour of banning >auxlang design issues from CONLANG; if I created that impression, >I am very sorry! All I wanted to say is that the line between >auxlang design discussion and auxlang advocacy is easily crossed, >and some people possibly keep their auxlang design issues out of >CONLANG because they don't want to risk treading loose an auxlang >advocacy thread in CONLANG. (snip) > > >Greetings, > >Jörg.