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001 2008038732
003 DLC
005 20090902122429.0
008 080902s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn233939416
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050 00 $aPM8008$b.O37 2009
082 00 $a499/.99$222
100 1 $aOkrent, Arika.
245 10 $aIn the land of invented languages :$bEsperanto rock stars, Klingon poets, Loglan lovers, and the mad dreamers who tried to build a perfect language /$cArika Okrent.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSpiegel & Grau,$c2009.
300 $a342 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329) and index.
505 0 $aNine hundred languages, nine hundred years -- John Wilkins and the language of truth -- Ludwik Zambof and the language of peace -- Charles Bliss and the language of symbols -- James Cooke Brown and the language of logic -- The Klingons, the Conlangers, and the art of language.
520 $aOkrent tells the fascinating and highly entertaining history of man's enduring quest to build a better language. Peopled with charming eccentrics and exasperating megalomaniacs, the land of invented languages is a place where you can recite the Lord's Prayer in John Wilkins's Philosophical Language, say your wedding vows in Loglan, and read "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in Lojban--not to mention Babm, Blissymbolics, and the nearly nine hundred other invented languages featured in this language-lover's book.
650 0 $aLanguages, Artificial.
650 0 $aEsperanto.
650 0 $aKlingon (Artificial language)
650 0 $aBlissymbolics.
650 0 $aLojban (Artificial language)
650 0 $aLoglan (Artificial language)
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038732.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008038732-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008038732-d.html