Subject: re : linguistics in science fiction

with regard to mike maxwell 's recent posting about linguistics in science fiction , there is a very funny and interesting piece by brian aldiss called " confluence " , consisting entirely of a lexicon of words in an alien language , tentatively translated into english . it 's in judith merril , ed . , sf 12 , dell , n . y . , 1968 . tom ernst ternst @ brahms . udel . edu
