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Hi,

I'm relatively new to conlanging. I just started reading "The Art of Language Invention" by David Peterson. What books should I read after that?

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I always really liked the Language Construction Kit as a conlanging introduction and Describing Morphosyntax as a intermediate level book on morphosyntax.
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Thanks! Does the language construction kit contain anything that the Peterson book would miss?
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The free online version is more hands on and contains less distraction, IMHO. But I can't really judge for the books. It's been some time since I read them.
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Thanks.
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