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008 120124s2011 enk b 001 0 eng d
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aAdams, Michael,$d1961-
245 10 $aFrom Elvish to Klingon :$bexploring invented languages /$cMichael Adams.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2011.
300 $avi, 294 pages ;$c20 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
520 0 $aThis 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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