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Loglan meaning

  1. Any of several related artificial languages, designed to be logical, the first of which was developed by James Cooke Brown in the mid-20th century.
  2. The original language developed by James Cooke Brown, as maintained by The Loglan Institute.

Using Loglan

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of several related artificial languages, designed to be logical, the first of which was developed by James Cooke Brown in the mid-20th century. | The original language developed by James Cooke Brown, as maintained by The Loglan Institute.
  • In the example corpus, loglan often appears in combinations such as: the loglan, loglan institute.

Context around Loglan

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

uses 1× goals 1× grammar 1×

Often after:

institute 2× phonetics 1× spelling 1× phrases 1×

Sentence patterns with Loglan

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

accordance with loglan phonetics so 1× florida the loglan institute inc 1× founded the loglan institute tli 1× goals loglan an abbreviation 1× grammar loglan has three 1× language the loglan spelling may 1× loglan s inventor 1× names in loglan are spelled 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

archival collection archival 1× brown founded the 1× gainesville florida the 1× goals loglan an 1× grammar loglan has 1× loglan s inventor 1×

Common sentence endings:

applications of it 1× collections chicago illinois 1× different name panlan 1× hypothesis might predict 1× in that language 1× their corresponding phonemes 1×

Words around Loglan

Just before it in the word index:

logjams 5 logjam 48 logitech 109 logistics 1.406 logisticians 3 logistically 56

Just after it in the word index:

logline 21 logmein 10 logo 1.932 logoba 2 logocentrism 2 logoed 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Loglan

  • In this selection, "loglan" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, uses, goals, grammar, institute, phonetics and spelling stand out and add context to how "loglan" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include accordance with loglan phonetics so and florida the loglan institute inc. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "loglan" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with loglan

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Brown founded The Loglan Institute (TLI) to develop the language and other applications of it. (15 words)

Gainesville, Florida: The Loglan Institute, Inc. there were only 21 letters with their corresponding phonemes. (15 words)

Grammar Loglan has three types of words: predicates (also called content words), structure words (also called little words), and names. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Archival collection Archival material related to the creation and teaching of Loglan, including flashcards and grammar explanations, can be found in the Faith Rich Papers, located at Chicago Public Library Special Collections, Chicago, Illinois. (34 words)

Goals Loglan (an abbreviation for "logical language") was created to investigate whether people speaking a "logical language" would in some way think more logically, as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis might predict. (31 words)

Names in Loglan are spelled in accordance with Loglan phonetics, so if the name comes from another language, the Loglan spelling may differ from the spelling in that language. (29 words)

Example sentences (7)

Names in Loglan are spelled in accordance with Loglan phonetics, so if the name comes from another language, the Loglan spelling may differ from the spelling in that language.

Loglan's inventor, James Cooke Brown, also wrote a utopian science fiction novel The Troika Incident (1970) that uses Loglan phrases but calls the language a different name, "Panlan".

Archival collection Archival material related to the creation and teaching of Loglan, including flashcards and grammar explanations, can be found in the Faith Rich Papers, located at Chicago Public Library Special Collections, Chicago, Illinois.

Brown founded The Loglan Institute (TLI) to develop the language and other applications of it.

Gainesville, Florida: The Loglan Institute, Inc. there were only 21 letters with their corresponding phonemes.

Goals Loglan (an abbreviation for "logical language") was created to investigate whether people speaking a "logical language" would in some way think more logically, as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis might predict.

Grammar Loglan has three types of words: predicates (also called content words), structure words (also called little words), and names.

Common combinations with loglan

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "loglan" in a sentence?
An example: "Names in Loglan are spelled in accordance with Loglan phonetics, so if the name comes from another language, the Loglan spelling may differ from the spelling in that language." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "loglan" from authentic English texts.
What does "loglan" mean?
Loglan means: Any of several related artificial languages, designed to be logical, the first of which was developed by James Cooke Brown in the mid-20th century.
How many example sentences with "loglan" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "loglan", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.