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Re: free word-order conlangs

From:And Rosta <and.rosta@...>
Date:Thursday, July 20, 2006, 20:17
Yahya Abdal-Aziz, On 20/07/2006 02:18:
> Hi And,
[...]
> I'd like to address these questions specifically as they relate to > natlangs: Australian languages in general, including Warlpiri, Aranda > and so on. I think doing so might shed some light on the bounds you > seek in your "How free is free?" question.
[...]
> I hope you find this information useful.
I'm interested especially in conlangs that are unambiguous yet achieve word-order -- or rather, information-order -- far freer than that found in natlangs.
>From responses I've had so far, the conlang picture resembles the natlang one -- >instances of great info-order freedome occur within the bounds of the clause, >due to large amounts of inflection.
--And.