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Okrent, Arika.
Subjects
Languages, Artificial.
Esperanto.
Klingon (Artificial language)
Blissymbolics.
Lojban (Artificial language)
Loglan (Artificial language)
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In the land of inven...
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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.
by
Okrent, Arika.
New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009.
Subjects
Languages, Artificial.
Esperanto.
Klingon (Artificial language)
Blissymbolics.
Lojban (Artificial language)
Loglan (Artificial language)
ISBN:
9780385527880 :
0385527888
Description:
342 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
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.
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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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