Sorry, it's taken me awhile to respond to this comment of yours, but my brain has been 'fuzzy' and I wanted a relatively clear head when I answered.
I have several world building reference sites which I've played with while creating a whole new world for my original work. For the most part, they're fantasy oriented, which is why I know about lingual shifts, but I did have one site specifically focused on language, called The Language Construction Kit: http://www.zompist.com/kit.html#dichotomy
I haven't checked again this morning if it specifically discussed lingual shifts (my brain isn't that clear yet,) but I thought you'd find it intriguing.
Reviews really do help, don't they. They're tangible evidence that someone likes your work. I worry about it each and every time I post something. There's the lurking question, does this one work?
Happy Mid-summer to you! I just looked at the date and realized it was the 21st. I hope you celebrate with great fun and frolic! Our reasoning, yours and mine, for avoiding the commercialism associated with artificial holidays is remarkably the same. Since we live in commericalism-central, I wanted our children to grow up with better core values that the concept that the almighty 'dollar' is king. ::laughs:: I'm afraid political correctness isn't in my cards either!
The pool is very pretty and we're going to fill it in about five days (time for all the layers of paint to dry. I'll definitely take pictures.
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Date: 2006-06-21 02:16 pm (UTC)I have several world building reference sites which I've played with while creating a whole new world for my original work. For the most part, they're fantasy oriented, which is why I know about lingual shifts, but I did have one site specifically focused on language, called The Language Construction Kit: http://www.zompist.com/kit.html#dichotomy
I haven't checked again this morning if it specifically discussed lingual shifts (my brain isn't that clear yet,) but I thought you'd find it intriguing.
Reviews really do help, don't they. They're tangible evidence that someone likes your work. I worry about it each and every time I post something. There's the lurking question, does this one work?
Happy Mid-summer to you! I just looked at the date and realized it was the 21st. I hope you celebrate with great fun and frolic! Our reasoning, yours and mine, for avoiding the commercialism associated with artificial holidays is remarkably the same. Since we live in commericalism-central, I wanted our children to grow up with better core values that the concept that the almighty 'dollar' is king. ::laughs:: I'm afraid political correctness isn't in my cards either!
The pool is very pretty and we're going to fill it in about five days (time for all the layers of paint to dry. I'll definitely take pictures.