11-20-2007, 11:11 PM
Luai_lashire Wrote:
Simen: The original idea was that it could be an effective language for autistics to use (and ONLY autistics), even ones who don't speak. Which isn't really a very realistic idea, so it kind of morphed over time. At this point, no one is really more than a little interested in it as far as I can tell, and those who continue to be involved do so because it's fun, not because we think it could really be a more logical language that would link other autistics together. Who knows? If it gets far enough along, it might end up being a common language to a small group of people, which would be cool. But without extensive research into why speech is hard for some auties, we're never going to make a language that is easier for them.
Well, by all means, have fun, but I looked at what you've got so far and some problems stuck out:
1. It's too heavily influenced by your native language(s) to be of any use to teach to those who cannot speak.
2. Phonology (sounds, pronunciation) is unspecified and left to the speaker.
3. Syntax is basically adopted from English.
4. The rest is underspecified.
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About the wiki idea: Cool (I love wikis 
), but would it work? HOW would it work? Would it just be for discussion of words? Would we group similar words together on seperate wiki pages? Would each word have it's own page? Couldn't we just use a forum? We could have a seperate board for people to post their new words in a new thread, where discussion could take place, and seperate boards to discuss grammar and other conventions.
Either way, a lot more thought needs to go into grammar and (most importantly) how to make new words that make sense, before we can really start generating new words.
), but would it work? HOW would it work? Would it just be for discussion of words? Would we group similar words together on seperate wiki pages? Would each word have it's own page? Couldn't we just use a forum? We could have a seperate board for people to post their new words in a new thread, where discussion could take place, and seperate boards to discuss grammar and other conventions.Either way, a lot more thought needs to go into grammar and (most importantly) how to make new words that make sense, before we can really start generating new words.
Words don't make sense. You gotta admit, at the bottom of it all are pertty arbitrary choices.
That said, there are philsophical languages that attempt to bring order to the chaos--for instance, words that begin with "a-" are animals, words that begin with "aba-" are mammals, words beginning with "abam-" are canines, and dog might be "abame" or some such.