[conlang_learners] Q&A

Sun Jun 28 12:58:31 PDT 2009

Sellamat prients ! 
?
>Indeed, a FAQ is per se a good idea, but is there really a single template (especially if we >consider the various conlangs in competition here) ? 
>When I taught sambahsa to someone else, I used a Google group as a platform for >exercises and explanations: 
>http://groups.google.com/group/sambahsa-mundialect
>If this experience could be repeated and if people would ask frequently the same >questions, then there is matter for such a FAQ. Unfortunately, it's hard to predict which >questions will be posed in advance (or it's no more a FAQ but a grammar...). 
>I have a FAQ on the sambahsa wiki, but it's purpose is only to provide an overall >presentation of the language, not in-depth grammatical explanations: 
http://sambahsa.pbworks.com/FAQ

Agreed, and this is what I was outlining in my mail: not for it to be in-depth...but an overall 'quick glance'. Or a kind of 'refresher' for anything that gets forgotton once the learning is underway. But as Jim said, its down to the preference of the creator (if available). It's certainly something I would do.
Dayle

"I'm strange to those who are normal, and normal to those who are strange; quite frankly-I prefer the latter"!

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Sellamat prients ! 
?
Indeed, a FAQ is per se a good idea, but is there really a single template (especially if we consider the various conlangs in competition here) ? 
When I taught sambahsa to someone else, I used a Google group as a platform for exercises and explanations: 
http://groups.google.com/group/sambahsa-mundialect
If this experience could be repeated and if people would ask frequently the same questions, then there is matter for such a FAQ. Unfortunately, it's hard to predict which questions will be posed in advance (or it's no more a FAQ but a grammar...). 
I have a FAQ on the sambahsa wiki, but it's purpose is only to provide an overall presentation of the language, not in-depth grammatical explanations: 
http://sambahsa.pbworks.com/FAQ
?
Olivier
http://sambahsa.pbworks.com/ 
?

--- On Sat, 6/27/09, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jim Henry <jimhenry1973 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [conlang_learners] Q&A page
To: conlang_learners at conlang.org
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 11:35 AM

2009/6/26 Dayle Hill <dwhmusic32 at yahoo.co.uk>:
> Hi all. Just an idea for when the chosen conlang is selected and ready to be
> learned. How about the creator setting up a Q&A page on the wiki? For
.....
> This way, it saves the creator becoming inundated with emails. All the

That's a good idea to pass on to the creator of the chosen conlang
(unless we end up reviving a moribund conlang without its creator's
involvement).? Some creators may prefer that method, others may want
to use a mailing list devoted to the conlang, or some other method.

> Maybe we could create some kind of template with some FAQ ready for
> September (obviously this can be edited to suit). It could also act as a
> kind of information exchange on the conlang (or maybe that would be better
> as a separate page).

Hmm, maybe.? What questions can you think of that would be applicable
to just about any conlang, regardless of what kind it is or how well
documented it already is????For any question I can think of, it seems
that either it wouldn't be applicable to all types of languages, or it
might be clearly answered in the early pages of the conlang's lessons
or grammar.

-- 
Jim Henry
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/
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