Bob LeChevalier, On 09/04/2010 13:11:
Robin Lee Powell wrote:On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 01:55:23PM -0400, Robert LeChevalier wrote: I also don't think that describing the lanugage is what we should be doing. We should be *declaring* the language.I can live with your position, which is easier to sell to computer people and harder to sell to linguists.
I'm a linguist, and I think you're wrong on criteria for sellability to linguists. Even setting aside the question of what 'selling' means here. Not that selling to linguists is an important or especially desirable goal. Currently I think Lojban's main interest to linguistics would be (ingloriously, IMO) for interactional sociolinguistics studying geek culture. --And. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.