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I think it was In the Land of Invented Languages that had a great discussion of Blissymbols and how it failed. In short, these systems work fine for concrete v
by senkora 6y ago
I think it was In the Land of Invented Languages that had a great discussion of Blissymbols and how it failed.
In short, these systems work fine for concrete vocabulary but completely fail for complex language, because language is too abstract. The Blissymbols for abstract words are somewhat suggestive but still must be learned individually, which is the whole thing he was trying to avoid.
http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/ http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/
- 7thaccount 6y agoCan confirm. In Arika Okrent's excellent book that also covers Klingon, Esperanto, and Lojbahn among others. My favorite part is that the inventor was supposedly a total jerk to the nurse that was in charge of the program using the symbols, but she still took care of him later in life.