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Author Okrent, Arika.

Title In the land of invented languages : Esperanto rock stars, Klingon poets, Loglan lovers, and the mad dreamers who tried to build a perfect language / Arika Okrent.

Publication Info. New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  499 OKRENT    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  499.99 OKRENT    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  499 OKRENT    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  499.99 OKRENT    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  499.99 OKRENT    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 342 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-329) and index.
Contents Nine hundred languages, nine hundred years -- John Wilkins and the language of truth -- Ludwik Zamenhof 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.
Summary Explores the fascinating and highly entertaining history of man's enduring quest to build a better language, including Babm, Blissymbolics, and the nearly nine hundred other languages that represent the hard work, high hopes, and full-blown delusions of so many misguided souls.
Subject Languages, Artificial.
Esperanto.
Klingon (Artificial language)
Blissymbolics.
Lojban (Artificial language)
Loglan (Artificial language)
ISBN 9780385527880
0385527888
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