1st Language Creation Conference
Berkeley, CA - 23 April 2006
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Registration9:00 AM
First Session9:30 AM
Sai EmrysIntroduction
Sally Caves"The Medium and the Internet Conlanger: Vision, Venue, and Play"
Jeff Burke"Language as Growth-in-Time"
John Clifford"Semantic Primes: aUI to Esperanto with Stops Along the Way"
John Quijada"Applying Concepts from Cognitive Linguistics to Your Conlang"
Lunch1:00 PM
Second Session2:00 PM
Sai Emrys"Non-Linear Fully 2-Dimensional Writing Systems"
Doug Ball"Conlanging and the Linear Aspects of Syntax"
David Peterson"Down with Morphemes: What Word and Paradigm Morphology Can Teach Us About Language Creation"
Matt Pearson"Case, Aspect, and Argument Structure: One Conlanger's Investigations"
Panel: Conlang Teaching
Panel: Conlang Aesthetics
Conference End5:00 PM
Afterparty6:00 PM

On April 22nd, the day before the conference (and Cal Day), there will be some more informal meetups over lunch/dinner for everyone in the area to socialize and discuss conlanging. If you are interested in attending, please contact Sai.