jjbowks | Re: Personal note from George
In europidgin@y..., Kevin Smith <yahoogroups@q...> wrote:
> [...]IF the goal is to take LFN as it is, then the time for
> discussion is over. But if the goal is to simplify LFN, then a few
weeks
> of debate would be a healthy start.
> Kevin
Kevin,
I believe that the
idea of simplifying
LFN into the three
types discussed,
a pidgin, a creol,
and a language can
be an interesting
exercise. I don't
think such a project
has been done in a
discussion group upto
now and it may be
the reason that it's
appealing for a lot
of folks. A pidgin
for Europe is definitely
something of a hot
topic considering the
situation with the
merging of currencies
and the goals of some
to unify the continent.
However, linguistically
speaking, the idea of
a pidgin, creol, full-lang
project interests me and
that's why I'd like to
take part in the discussions.
I believe LFN is an excellent
naturalistic IAL, the
comparative vocabulary
lists that George used
are definitely a help
in considering the look
of the final pidgin; the
ideal being "simplicity",
of course.
w/ regards,
Jay B.