In the land of invented languages : Esperanto rock stars, Klingon poets, Loglan lovers, and the mad dreamers who tried to build a perfect language /
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 Philosop...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Spiegel & Grau,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 342 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-329) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780385527880 0385527888 |