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IN THE LAND OF INVENTED LANGUAGES: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
de Arika Okrent
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- Tapa dura
- First
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- Ver descripción
- ISBN 10
- 0385527888
- ISBN 13
- 9780385527880
- Librería
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Dayton, Ohio, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Spiegel and Grau, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 342p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. The text is clean and the binding tight. An exploration of several made up languages. Includes several diagrams in black and white.
Sinopsis
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.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- Kubik Fine Books Ltd, ABAA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 203167
- Título
- IN THE LAND OF INVENTED LANGUAGES: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
- Autor
- Arika Okrent
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385527888
- ISBN 13
- 9780385527880
- Editorial
- Spiegel and Grau
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2009
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Kubik Fine Books Ltd, ABAA
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Dayton, Ohio
Sobre Kubik Fine Books Ltd, ABAA
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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