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butterfly-siege · 9 months ago

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Ok i was really gung ho about making a few languages for my novel, and i still am largely. But hoooo boy the learning curve. It goes from ‘wow neat!’ To deep philosophical questions about what even is language and also look how we prioritize certain structures and check this out! Hidden metaphor. Rethink everything, you’re biased immensely by the languages you speak.

Im going to keep with it but i am feeling very intimidated and also lots of respect for conlinguists. A++

#this from a native english speaker and a pocketfull of other languages #ive always done words instictively so thinking about syntax and etymology on a deeper level is both captivating and also #a timesink spiral where i dont actually end up writing at all?#like penelope’s tapestry #every time i think i’ve got ebough to go on i find something new and have to unpick foundational knots #ok not like penelope at all but anyways #i think im gonna try and keep going with all of it and keep notes of any changes. then i can go back and decide if something needs changing #like culturally or linguistically or whatever #if its too vanilla or just not thought through well enough #novel wip rambling #text post

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