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The CONLANG list is devoted to the discussion of "constructed" or
"artifical" languages for general communication. It is essentially
concerned with creative linbguistics and not such formal languages such
as programming languages or mathematical notation, except as they may
relate to a proposal for a mthod of communication. Since many constructed
languages have a fictional background, this description is complicated by
not being anle to use possibly descriptive terms such as "human language"
which would be descriptive, if it were not prejudicial to the Alien
conlangs.
The reasons for constructing languages cover a wide range of reasons,
from proposals to enhance international communication, to the creation of
more logical languages to enhance thinking or specialized forms of
communication, to exploring linguistic theory through model-building, as
background for fictional creation, as art for art's sake, and just for
fun.
SHORT AUXLANG DESCRIPTION, AND WHY THERE ARE TWO LISTS
The AUXLANG list is devoted to discussions of the merits and practicality
of particular International Auxiliary Languages -- languages intended to
enhance international communication. Since this topic inspires great
devotion and frequently also inspires high volumes of debate about the
merits and drawbacks of particular languages like Esperanto, the
discussion especially of the political, and strategic questions of IALs
has been moved to AUXLANG. Auxiliary languages are not banned from the
more general discussion on CONLANG, but the discussion's significance
should extend beyond the IAL community. For example, a discussion of
ergative case marking applied to Esperanto might be interesting to the
general community -- a lengthy discussion of the merits and disadvantages
of having case markings in an IAL would not be.
FLAMING
As current listowner for both lists, I would appreciate i
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Posted - Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:05 am
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Andreas Johansson
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Re: OT: B.J. Hoff?
It seems they are different people. B.J. Hoff the fiction writer is a woman from a small town in Ohio. B.J. Hoff the linguist is a man (Barend) from Leiden
Posted - Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:04 pm
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Adam Walker
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OT: B.J. Hoff?
So, I was searching online for books by B.J. Hoff, one of my Mom's favorite novelists, for Christmas gifts, and I ran across this: Hoff, B.J. (1986).
Posted - Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:38 pm
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Jim Henry
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Re: Non-3rd-person nominal agreement?
... Peter Bleackley wrote: [snip] ... to do this in ... as predicates, ... Father in ... on the ... Yep - Correct in every respect. ... Andreas Johansson
Posted - Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:17 pm
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R A Brown
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Re: OT MS Paint help??
... IrfanView doesn't have image editing capabilities like lines and boxes and paintbrushes, though it's a fantastic tool for what it does do. I'd never heard
Posted - Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:55 pm
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Larry Sulky
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