In the land of invented languages : a celebration of linguistic creativity, madness, and genius / Arika Okrent.
نوع المادة : نصاللغة: الإنجليزية New York: SPIEGEL & GRAU, 2010الطبعات:SPIEGEL & GRAU trade paperback editionوصف:342 pages : ill. ; 22 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780812980899
- PM8008 .O37 2010
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | PM8008 .O37 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000056870 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | PM8008 .O37 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30020000056868 |
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.