An exploration of the practice of inventing languages, from speaking in tongues to utopian schemes of universality to the discoveries of modern linguistics. In

An exploration of the practice of inventing languages, from speaking in tongues to utopian schemes of universality to the discoveries of modern linguistics. In

Examines the creation of imaginary languages in history and fiction as an expression of the search for an original and primitive or universal language. The auth

Fictional languages are central to numerous creative works. This book examines such languages in a wide range of literature, films, and television shows. Includ

When works such as Joyce's Finnegans Wake and Stein's Tender Buttons were first introduced, they went so far beyond prevailing linguistic standards that they we