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Re: [lojban] Etymology of future gismu (if they are to be created)
It is worth noting that the claim that this familiarity idea for gismu has never been tested. While there are anecdotal claims of how it helped learning some words, there are about the same number of anecdotes about how it mistaught or slowed the learning of others. In any case, the advantage over random words seems slight and probably not enough to offset the advantages of more controlled word development (equitable spread, useful rafsi, etc.).
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On May 13, 2012, at 7:34 AM, gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Back when they were making the gismu list, they tested various numbers of
> source languages. When they tried more than 8, the algorithm behaved like a
> random-word generator. 6 is the number they found the best for making words
> that are recognizable to a large number of people.
>
> This disproves JCB's theory (of global etymology that he mentioned in his article in SciAm).
> However, this can be easily checked.
>
> Mark somewhere in your notes or browser bookmarks.
>
> *If it comes to creating new gismu ask me (If I'm still around at that time).
> I'll give you etymology, sources/dictionaries/audio samples and the scoring results for the concepts that you choose.*
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