In the Land of Invented Languages Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language

Name: In the Land of Invented Languages Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
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ISBN: 9780385527880

ISBN-10: 0385527888

ISBN-13: 9780385527880

Edition: 2009

Authors: Arika Okrent

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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 everyStar Trekfan 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. InIn The Land of Invented Languages,author Arika Okrent tells the fascinating and highly entertaining history of man's enduring quest to build a…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Publication date: 5/19/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English