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Book Tr  bner s American and Oriental Literary Record

Download or read book Tr bner s American and Oriental Literary Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monthly register of the most important works published in North and South America, in India, China, and the British colonies: with occasional notes on German, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian books.

Book Tr  bner s American  European and Oriental literary record

Download or read book Tr bner s American European and Oriental literary record written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In the Land of Invented Languages

Download or read book In the Land of Invented Languages written by Arika Okrent and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-05-19 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the captivating story of humankind’s enduring quest to build a better language—and overcome the curse of Babel. 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. But few people have heard of Babm, Blissymbolics, Loglan (not to be confused with Lojban), 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. With intelligence and humor, Arika Okrent has written a truly original and enlightening book for all word freaks, grammar geeks, and plain old language lovers.

Book Trubner s American and Oriental Literary Record

Download or read book Trubner s American and Oriental Literary Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Literary World  Choice Readings from the Best New Books  with Critical Reviews

Download or read book Literary World Choice Readings from the Best New Books with Critical Reviews written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Publishers  circular and booksellers  record

Download or read book Publishers circular and booksellers record written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Journal of Education

Download or read book The Journal of Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Esperanto and Its Rivals

Download or read book Esperanto and Its Rivals written by Roberto Garvia and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problems of international communication and linguistic rights are recurring debates in the present-day age of globalization. But the debate truly began over a hundred years ago, when the increasingly interconnected world of the nineteenth century fostered a desire for the development of a global lingua franca. Many individuals and social movements competed to create an artificial language unencumbered by the political rivalries that accompanied English, German, and French. Organizations including the American Philosophical Society, the International Association of Academies, the International Peace Bureau, the Comintern, and the League of Nations intervened in the debate about the possibility of an artificial language, but of the numerous tongues created before World War II, only Esperanto survives today. Esperanto and Its Rivals sheds light on the factors that led almost all artificial languages to fail and helped English to prevail as the global tongue of the twenty-first century. Exploring the social and political contexts of the three most prominent artificial languages—Volapük, Esperanto, and Ido—Roberto Garvía examines the roles played by social movement leaders and inventors, the strategies different organizations used to lobby for each language, and other early decisions that shaped how those languages spread and evolved. Through the rise and fall of these artificial languages, Esperanto and Its Rivals reveals the intellectual dilemmas and political anxieties that troubled the globalizing world at the turn of the twentieth century.

Book Journal of Education

Download or read book Journal of Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book From Elvish to Klingon

Download or read book From Elvish to Klingon written by Michael Adams and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are languages invented? Why are they invented? Who uses them? What are the cultural effects of invented languages? This fascinating book looks at all manner of invented languages and explores the origins, purpose, and usage of these curious artefacts of culture. Written by experts in the field, chapters discuss languages from Esperanto to Klingon and uncover the motives behind their creation, and the outcomes of their existence. Introduction by Michael Adams Linking all invented languages, Michael Adams explains how creating a language is intimidating work; no one would attempt to invent one unless driven by a serious purpose or aspiration. He explains how the origin and development of each invented language illustrates inventors' and users' dissatisfaction with the language(s) already available to them, and how each invented language expresses one or more of a wide range of purposes and aspirations: political, social, aesthetic, intellectual, and technological. Chapter 1: International Auxiliary Languages by Arden Smith From the mythical Language of Adam to Esperanto and Solrésol, this chapter looks at the history, linguistics, and significance of international or universal languages (including sign languages). Chapter 2: Invented Vocabularies: Newspeak and Nadsat by Howard Jackson Looking at the invented vocabularies of science fiction, for example 1984's 'Newspeak' and Clockwork Orange's 'Nadsat', this chapter discusses the feasibility of such vocabularies, the plausibility of such lexical change, and the validity of the Sapir-Whorfian echoes heard in such literary experiments. Chapter 3: 'Oirish' Inventions: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Paul Muldoon by Stephen Watt This chapter looks at literary inventions of another kind, nonsense and semi-nonsense languages, including those used in the works of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Chapter 4: Tolkien's Invented Languages by Edmund Weiner Focussing on the work of the accomplished philologist J.R.R. Tolkien, the fifteen languages he created are considered in the context of invented languages of other kinds. Chapter 5: Klingon and other Science Fiction Languages by Marc Okrand, Judith Hendriks-Hermans, and Sjaak Kroon Klingon is the most fully developed of fictional languages (besides Tolkien's). Used by many, this chapter explores the speech community of 'Trekkies', alongside other science fiction vocabularies. Chapter 6: Logical Languages by Michael Adams This chapter introduces conlangs, 'constructed languages'. For example, Láaden, created to express feminine experience better than 'patriarchal' languages. Chapter 7: Gaming Languages and Language Games by James Portnow Languages and games are both fundamentally interactive, based on the adoption of arbitrary sign systems, and come with a set of formal rules which can be manipulated to express different outcomes. This being one of the drivers for the popularity of invented languages within the gaming community, James Portnow looks at several gaming languages and language games, such as Gargish, D'ni, Simlish, and Logos. Chapter 8: Revitalized Languages as Invented Languages by Suzanne Romaine The final chapter looks at language continuation, renewal, revival, and resurrection - in the cases of Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish, and Breton - as well as language regulation.

Book Dominion Illustrated

Download or read book Dominion Illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly

Download or read book Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Educational Times

Download or read book Educational Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Public Opinion

Download or read book Public Opinion written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hand book of Volap  k

Download or read book Hand book of Volap k written by Charles Ezra Sprague and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: