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t-online.de>Title: Mixed Artificial Languages Series Title: Languages of the World 29 Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Lincom Europa http://home.t-online.de/home/LINCOM.EUROPA/ Author: Alan Libert Hardback: ISBN: 3895868442, Pages: 120, Price: USD 46.70 / EUR 44 / GBP 26.50 Abstract: Artificial languages are often classified on the basis of whether they are based on natural languages or are attempts to build a language (or at least the vocabulary of a language) "from scratch". The former type are called 'a posteriori' languages and the latter 'a priori' languages. This is not a strict dichotomy, but rather a spectrum, and there may be no truly a priori languages. However, languages with substantial a priori and a posteriori components have been labelled 'mixed' languages. This book is a survey of several such languages. After an introduction, there are chapters on phonetics, lexicon, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Given that these languages are partly a priori, one might wonder to what extent they conform to universals posited for natural languages, and this is examined with respect to various properties. The languages discussed include Volap�k (by far the best known and most successful language of this type), the Blue Language, Gilo, pan-kel, and Vela. Lingfield(s): Language Description, Subject Language(s): Volap�k (Language Code: CVOL) Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue