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001    ocn233939416 
003    OCoLC 
005    20090528035100.0 
008    080902t20092009nyua     b    001 0 eng   
010      2008038732 
020    9780385527880 
020    0385527888 
035    (Sirsi) i9780385527880 
035    (OCoLC)233939416 
035    (Sirsi) i9780385527880 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dBTCTA|dBAKER|dYDXCP|dUPZ|dJAO|dMOF 
049    CKEA 
050 00 PM8008|b.O37 2009 
082 00 499/.99|222 
100 1  Okrent, Arika. 
245 10 In the land of invented languages :|bEsperanto rock stars,
       Klingon poets, Loglan lovers, and the mad dreamers who 
       tried to build a perfect language /|cArika Okrent. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSpiegel & Grau,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    342 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-329) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
520    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. 
650  0 Languages, Artificial. 
650  0 Esperanto. 
650  0 Klingon (Artificial language) 
650  0 Blissymbolics. 
650  0 Lojban (Artificial language) 
650  0 Loglan (Artificial language) 
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