An edition of From Elvish to Klingon
(2011)
From Elvish to Klingon
exploring invented languages
by Michael Adams
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This fascinating book takes invented languages and explores the origins, purpose, and usage of these curious artefacts of culture. Written by experts in the field, chapters discuss a wide range of languages - from Esperanto to Klingon - and uncover the motives behind their creation and the outcomes of their existence.
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From Elvish to Klingon: exploring invented languages
2011, Oxford University Press
in English and Klingon
0192807099 9780192807090
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Table of Contents
The spectrum of invention / Michael Adams
Confounding Babel: international auxiliary languages / Arden R. Smith
Invented vocabularies: the cases of Newspeak and Nadsat / Howard Jackson
Tolkien's invented languages / E. S. C. Weiner and Jeremy Marshall
'Wild and whirling words': the invention and use of klingon / Marc Okrand, Michael Adams, Judith Hendricks-Hermans, and Sjaak Kroon
Gaming languages and language games / James Portnow
'Oirish' inventions: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Paul Muldoon / Stephen Watt
Revitalized languages as invented languages / Suzanne Romaine.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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