Paul Bartlett | Re: [LFN] Fwd: Lingua Franca Nova Enthusiast

• Autor: Paul Bartlett (“bartlett22183”)
• Tema: Re: [LFN] Fwd: Lingua Franca Nova Enthusiast
• Data: 2010-08-21 21:53
• Mesaje: 3168 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Steven Lynch wrote:

> Dear George,   In spite of what was said in that message, to me, of
> all the languages I have investigated, LFN is the only one that could
> possibly work as a Lingua Franca, precisely because of its
> simplicity.  I certainly will use no other, and in fact I truly wish
> I could use it in my normal life as a first language!  How much
> simpler life would be for everyone.

I am not George, and he must speak for himself.  However, I have been
around the constructed international auxiliary language (conIAL) field
for many years, and sadly, perhaps, it is not the linguistic
characteristics of a language that lead to its success.  Several years
ago I addressed this matter in my online essay "Thoughts on IAL
Success" at http://www.panix.com/~bartlett/thoughts.html .  I do not
claim that this is the last word (far from it), but I have pointed out
that it is not theoretical linguistic characteristics that have a lot
to do with whether any one conIAL succeeds or does not.  I myself think
well of LFN (and I mean that sincerely), but if it is to succeed, it
has a long row to hoe.

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Paul Bartlett