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The Language Construction Kit by Mark Rosenfelder

godraed's review

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challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

naveendriann's review

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funny informative slow-paced

4.25

changbineyeskz's review

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adventurous challenging funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

acanthae's review against another edition

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It's not bad!! I just got what I needed out of it.

jaredrlopatin's review

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Just a reference book to go back and forth with.

luupureja's review

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challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

sinaghaffari's review

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5.0

به نظرم خوندن این کتاب برای هر کسی که به کانلنگینگ علاقه داشته باشه واجبه. نویسنده مفاهیم رو به خوبی توضیح داده و خوندنش احتیاجی به دانش زبان‌شناسی نداره. (اگر هم جاییش قابل درک نباشه با یه سرچ و مطالعهٔ ویکی‌پدیا می‌شه فهمیدش)
برای خوانندهٔ زبان‌شناس هم خالی از لطف نیست و سرنخ‌های خوبی می‌ده.
مهم‌ترین امتیاز این کتاب به کتاب‌های مشابهی که من تابحال دیدم توجهش به معنی‌شناسی و کاربردشناسیه. معمولاً دغدغه‌های اصلی کانلنگرها واج‌شناسی و صرف و نحوه اما این کتاب به خوبی نشون داده که برای ساختن یک کانلنگ خوب نیاز به ساخت یک فرهنگه که استعاره‌های خاص خودش، اصطلاحات خاص خودش، نزاکت خاص خودش، و همچین ظرافت‌های معنایی و کاربردی داشته باشه.

carinaantonia's review

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informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

cronosmu's review

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El libro fundacional de todo conlanger. No fue Tolkien, sino Rosenfelder, a través de zompist.com, cuando este libro ni siquiera se había publicado, el que me acercó al arte de inventar lenguajes. Recuerdo los años 2008 a 2012 como una época agobiante. Entonces mataba las horas diseñando gramáticas absolutamente inservibles para un proyecto que, al parecer, no tiene fin y al que vuelvo intermitentemente. Por el mismo motivo, ese tedio existencial, he vuelto a acercarme en los últimos meses al conlanging.

marcasdeb's review

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informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Even more so than Peterson's Art of Language Invention, if you are not one who is already invested in the idea of creating languages, or even worldbuilding, this book will provide little in the way of interest or benefit. But for those of us who have been bitten by the same bug that got into Tolkien and the rest, The Language Construction Kit is almost required reading. Every concept is well-explained with clear examples from natural languages, and Rosenfelder provides examples from his own world of Almea and the languages therein (which is itself remarkable in its own complexity and thoroughness), specifically Kebreni. He doesn't just explain concepts and leave it there, he gives the reader inspiration and encouragement through his own conlanging work. One immensely helpful aspect of this is the Further Reading section he gives at book's end, a several page-long repository of books for the reader to go off and read for themselves, chosen to expand and develop the knowledge they gained over the course of reading the LCK. If The Art of Language Invention got the conlanger on their feet, The Language Construction Kit lets them take their first strides.