George Boeree | Re: [LFN] Solo de Stelas III

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Autor: George Boeree (“cgboeree”)
Tema: Re: [LFN] Solo de Stelas III
Data: 2005-05-03 23:40
Mesaje: 1130 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

On May 3, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Paul O. Bartlett wrote:

Hi, Paul.
>
>       My concern at this point is just what the small LFN community
> sees
>  to be the overall purpose of Lingua Franca Nova.  What is it for?  Why
>  does it exist?  Is it to be only a sort of inter-Romance for speakers
>  of the Romance languages?  If so, how does it differ from the Romanica
>  of Josu Lavin (who is making something of a nuisance of himself on the
>  Interlingua mailing list)?  If Lingua Franca Nova is only supposed to
>  be an inter-Romance language, then I have little interest.  If it is
>  supposed to be genuinely an auxiliary language for people outside the
>  Romance community as well, then I have some interest.

The purpose of LFN is to become the single international auxiliary
language for the world.  Not humble, I admit, but the true intent.  A
little more humble:  I don't get my hopes up!

A secondary purpose is to regenerate interest in the whole idea of
IALs.  It has been a long time since Esperanto has excited people's
imaginations.
>
>       But if LFN is to be genuinely an auxiliary language beyond just
> the
>  Romance speakers, then others may complain that LFN is far, far too
>  complicated for them.  Why all this long discussion about verb forms
>  when many languages get along without them?  My first interest in LFN
>  came when there was still consideration of it being more like creoles.
>  It seems to me that it has moved far beyond that.  Is it becoming too
>  complicated for use as a genuinely *international* auxiliary language?
>
LFN remains an artificial creole.  As a student of creoles (as are
several others in our group), I should point out first that creoles are
not necessarily simple -- that would be pidgins.  We want LFN to work
as a full scale language for modern times.  However, the grammar does
in fact remain as simple as any creole.  The point of discussions such
as this is to help people express themselves -- even to the point of
attempting to translate nuances of time and aspect.

We are very much aware that LFN can never be all things to all people!

George

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