Format:
342 S.
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Ill
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22 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
ISBN:
0385527888
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9780385527880
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329) and index
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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.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Wilkins, John 1614-1672
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Plansprache
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Geschichte
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Zamenhof, L. L. 1859-1917
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Esperanto
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Bliss, Charles Kasiel 1897-1985
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LOGLAN
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Klingonisch
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Kunstsprache
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