User talk:H. H. P. M. P. Cole

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— sware • 🗣 • 🏲 19:33, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

On a priori

Regarding User:H._H._P._M._P._Cole/Sketchbook#Why_I_am_uninterested_in_creating_a_priori_languages_(in_general),

To say a passage written in an a priori conlang is gibberish would be a misunderstanding of its (the passage's) purpose, which is not to communicate what it supposedly says, but rather to showcase the abstract rules of that conlang in action. When I do an a priori conlang, it isn't meant for communication: it is to illustrate a previously unreported way of organizing sound and meaning. Making up a priori words offers greater freedon for this end.

Anyway, happy holidays and greetings from an a priori conlang guy. SN2rname (talk) 10:54, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

• You have a point there - however, I have a question. How could average people, with little to no linguistics knowledge, be able to discern the abstract rules of (any) conlang? H. H. P. M. P. Cole (talk) 11:36, 27 December 2024 (UTC)