From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Mar 14 16:41:10 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:41:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FJK4K-0007MU-O0 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:40:52 -0800 Received: from web81312.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.199.128]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FJK4J-0007MN-JB for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:40:52 -0800 Received: (qmail 53785 invoked by uid 60001); 15 Mar 2006 00:40:50 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=CwfVnkxi1OlQYxuPJDUXoYsJnPqACvTbLhgmhSNW7fu+oyxx2NKsFlr34w7uDfU57ItS84I5J/EAxcGy8l3wd3oAm15OzNzRe9yvLyChl3Eu6Wc7yeVsakj4c/VK729mQB6cozS1Cf52315rIVIBr6GE4EUw4W9VRu6DYCJ7aws= ; Message-ID: <20060315004050.53783.qmail@web81312.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [70.230.183.14] by web81312.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:40:50 PST Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:40:50 -0800 (PST) From: John E Clifford Subject: [lojban] Fwd: First Language Creation Conference To: lojban-list@lojban.org, tokipona@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) X-archive-position: 11150 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: clifford-j@sbcglobal.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list > First Language Creation Conference > UC Berkeley - MLK 5th Floor - 23 April 2006 > 9am-5pm > Tickets $5-25 as able (no one refused for lack > of funds) > > FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO REGISTER: > http://conlangs.berkeley.edu/ > > What Is the 1st Language Creation Conference? > The Conference is a set of talks and panel > discussions about various > issues related to language creation, from > several different > perspectives. It includes both fairly academic > linguistic discussions > as well as more general sociological ones; > voices from many parts of > the conlanging community; and people from all > over America. The > conference is open to the public; > preregistration requested. Lunch and > snacks will be provided. > > What Is Language Creation? > Language creation (or "conlanging" -- "conlang" > is short for > "constructed language") is the process of > inventing and (usually) > describing a new language. Though the extent to > which a language is > created varies, creators might include sound > systems, grammars, and > writing systems for their languages. Some > creators are also interested > in cosmogenesis: the creation of cultures and > worlds in which their > languages are used. > > What's the Point? > People create constructed languages for a > number of reasons. Artistic > languages are often included in fictional > works: for example, > Tolkien's Quenya in The Lord of the Rings or > Klingon in Star Trek. > International auxiliary languages (auxlangs) > are intended for > communication between people of different > native languages, usually to > prevent one being elevated over others or to > making learning easier; > some famous examples are Esperanto, Ido, and > Interlingua. Logical and > philosophical languages are used to test > linguistic (and other) > theories; Loglan and Lojban are well-known > examples of the former, and > Suzette Haden Elgin's Láadan is an example of > the latter -- which she > incorporated into the Native Tongue series of > novels. > > Talks > Doug Ball: "Conlanging and the Linear Aspects > of Syntax" > Sally Caves: "The Medium and the Internet > Conlanger: Vision, Venue, and Play" > John Clifford: "Semantic Primes: aUI to > Esperanto with Stops Along the Way" > Sai Emrys: "Non-Linear Fully 2-Dimensional > Writing Systems" > Don Harlow: "The Use of Conlangs for > Creativity" > Matt Pearson: "Case, Aspect, and Argument > Structure: One Conlanger's > Investigations" > David Peterson: "Down with Morphemes: What Word > and Paradigm > Morphology Can Teach Us" > John Quijada: "Applying Concepts from Cognitive > Linguistics to Your Conlang" > > Panels > Conlang Teaching > Conlang Aesthetics > > Sponsored by ASUC & Language Creation Society. > Wheelchair accessible. > > FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO REGISTER: > http://conlangs.berkeley.edu/ > > Print-ready version of this flyer at > http://conlangs.berkeley.edu/flyer.pdf > > Please forward this to all relevant mailing > lists, message boards, or > people you know. Thanks! > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.