In article <mt56449qu3daqi3aut0cjpit9e4v70u3if@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Padraic Brown
<elemtilas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> To that end, do you have some kind of statement regarding submissions
> to future editions? What would be considered, what should we not
> bother submitting at all?
Most wanted type of article:
A description of any artistic or experimental language would be
welcome, especially if it starts off with the author introducing
him/herself, describing childhood fascinations with codes, alphabets,
langauges etc., and how he/she got to the current stage of development.
How were particular decisions reached, why was this or that phoneme
included or not, what did you try that didn't work, what have you
learned about language or yourself... you get the idea, focus on the
human element.
Second favorite type of article:
Hey readers, have you ever considered (for example) verb aspect,
onomatopoeia, definiteness, having or not having
dual/trial/paucal/plural forms, clicks, tones, etc -- well let me show
how interesting this feature can be, and after we look at some nifty
examples from natural and constructed languages I bet you'll be wanting
to play with it. Not only that I'll introduce you to some linguistic
jargon along the way so that you can impress all your friends by
knowing what "lenis" or "hortative" means.
I'm open to just about anything, even short fiction that revolves
around a constructed language.
With regard to auxiliary languages that are currently seeking users, I
prefer to write those profiles myself so that I can at least attempt to
give objective coverage.
> Also I wanted to ask: did you do the printing / binding yourself, or
> did you farm that out?
Lulu.com did it. I gather from reading their forums that their North
America printer does a better job than their Europe branch.
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