[log in to unmask] http://www.cheshire.net/~jjbowks/langlink.html. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Io sape que multe scriptos de personas plus experte que io in Interlingua mentiona a varie protagonistas del campo interlinguistic del annos '30s e '40s. An poterea alcun in le lista offerer quotationes o paginas pro leger in le scriptos de Interlingua ubi on pote apprender plus del involvimento del linguistas de illes decadas? Io alsi trovava alcun referentias a Jespersen e Sapir, e Shenton alsi, io pensa que il habera alcun materiales que documenta su involvimento con IALA. Io appreciarea qualcun adjuta in isto e prega que vos alteres in INTERLING comprende le valor de facer iste information public in le Interrete. Io volerea dedicar tempore pro facer istes documentos o paginas disponibile in forma electronic in le Tela, con vostre permisso, e con le referentias adequate. Gratias, Jay B. ---------- Hic infra le ration... > From: James Chandler <[log in to unmask]> > To: Multiple recipients of list AUXLANG <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Who developed Interlingua? > Date: Sunday, July 27, 1997 3:44 PM > > Jay, you keep mentioning all these names such as Collinson, > Sapir et al. who, you say, participated in the development > of IALA Interlingua. Could you clarify (in English for me > please, or Ido (or even Novial, if you like!)) how great a > role these people played? > I find the mention of Collinson hard to understand, not > connected to the IALA, but to Interlingua, because he was > (at least for a fairly long time) a member of the Esperanto > movement. This makes it hard for me to believe that he gave > his personal seal of approval to Interlingua, a far cry as > it is from Esperanto. > > Thanks, > James Chandler.