In the Land of Invented Languages
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,
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
ISBN: 0385527888
DDC: 499.99
Edition: Hardcover; 2009-05-19
Summary:
Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less
than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of
linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon,
which was nothing more than a television show’s attempt to create a
tough-sounding language befitting a warrior race with ridged
foreheads. But few people have heard of Babm, Blissymbolics, and the
nearly nine hundred other invented languages that represent the hard
work, high hopes, and full-blown delusions of so many misguided souls
over the centuries. In In The Land of Invented Languages, author
Arika 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. A truly
original new addition to the booming category of language books, In
The Land of Invented Languages will be a must-have on the shelves of
all word freaks, grammar geeks, and plain old language lovers.
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