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Date: 1/5/96 1:32 PM
From: Ivor Indyk
Geoff,
Do you know anybody working in the field of "private languages". There is a
poet down in Melbourne called Jiavant Biarujia who developed his own language
- which he calls Taneraic - when he was a teenager. He has now produced a
grammar and lexicon (A-D, more promised shortly) of Taneraic, lest he forget
it, and it disappears from the face of the earth. I thought the grammar and
lexicon (it's really only a pamphlet) might provide an interesting starting
point for a discussion about this whole phenomenon of the private language -
but I have a feeling that linguists don't regard this as a legitimate topic.
Any recommendations gratefully received.
Best wishes,
Ivor