In the land of invented languages : Esperanto rock stars, Klingon poets, Loglan lovers, and the mad dreamers who tried to build a perfect language / Arika Okrent.
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TextPublication details: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 342 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780812980899 (pbk.)
- 0812980891 (pbk.)
- 499.99 OKR 22
- PM8008 .O37 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329) and index.
Nine 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.
Okrent 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.
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