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Okrent is the author of in the land of invented languages, a history of artificial languages that was named one of the best books of 2009 by the san francisco. Linguist arika okrent writes from an engineering perspective, language is kind of a disaster. A celebration of linguistic creativity, madness, and genius. An insiders tour through the construction of invented languages from the bestselling author and creator of languages for the hbo series game of thrones and the syfy series defiance from master language creator david j. Adventures in linguistic creativity, madness, and genius. Peopled with charming eccentrics and exasperating megalomaniacs, the land of invented languages is a place where you can recite the lords prayer in john wilkinss philosophical language, say your wedding vows in loglan, and read alices adventures in. Apart from languages derived from science fiction and fantasy worlds, from elvish to klingon includes investigative accounts of international auxiliary languages. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading in the land of invented languages.
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