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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Okrent, Arika. In the land of invented languages. New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009 (DLC) 2008038732 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Arika Okrent |
| ISBN: | 0385527888 9780385527880 9780812980899 0812980891 9780385529716 0385529716 |
| OCLC Number: | 732809678 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (342 p.) : ill. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Arika Okrent. |
Abstract:
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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