[lojban-beginners] Re: New York Times blog

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But she got the size of the grammar wrong. CLL may be over 600 pages long, but the grammar is an appendix in that book, not the whole book.

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Many people think that all you need for a new language is some new words. We all spend years learning the grammar of our native languages, but most people never really consider all the structure needed to hold all those words together. Which constructed languages do you think have the most complete grammars? Naâvi was created by a linguist who knows these things. But did Klingon originally have grammar or was it just a bunch of loudly grunted words and oddly placed apostrophes? â Janet V

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Arika Okrent: Klingon was invented by a linguist too. (Marc Okrand, who wrote a dissertation on Mutsun, a Native American language). Like Naâvi, Klingon stands apart from most invented languages created for films in that itâs not just a bunch of vocabulary or nonsense sounds, but a grammar with explicit rules for forming words and for forming sentences. The constructed language with the most complete grammar is probably Lojban â a language created to reflect the principles of logic. The grammar comes to over 600 pages.

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com> wrote:

I definitely saw a mention of Lojban in there...

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On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:42 PM, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:

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The New York Times has a blog on constructed languages, with Q&A
by Paul Frommer and Arika Okrent. No mention of Lojban by anyone.
If you are interested in participating, here is the link:

http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/questions-answered-invented-languages/

totus