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The Art of Language Invention
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building | David J. Peterson
From master language creator David J. Peterson, creator of Game of Thrones' (HBO) Dothraki language, comes a creative guide to language construction. Peterson begins with a brief history of constructed languages, from Tolkien's creations to Klingon to the thriving global community of language construction. Then, using examples from a variety of languages including his own creations, Peterson offers a captivating and lucid overview, providing a basic foundation of essential linguistic tools for inventing and evolving one's own lexicon.
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sarahljensen
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I'm not going to create my own language, but I'm an English nerd, and I thought this was a really good time. Peterson is pretty funny as well.

#catsoflitsy #litsycats

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Smrloomis
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Too much detail and I‘m not interested enough, so oh well... This would work for someone else I‘m sure.

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Smrloomis
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This is a little more hardcore than I expected. The introduction was more focused on the conlang community history than I expected and since I know nothing about any of this, it was pretty slow going. Hmm.

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Lindy
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For the kind of language nerd who thrills to discussion of dative case nouns, alveolar sounds & pluperfect verb forms. It got a bit too granular even for me at times, & I enjoyed Peterson's examples from natural languages more than invented ones. Constructing languages is a new career while 100s of world languages disappear. Interesting.

Lindy @Marchpane Thanks! It looks good. Stacked! 7y
rabbitprincess If this wasn't on my tbr list already, it will be now! 7y
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Lindy
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He was the hulkiest, dreamiest mountain of a human being ever to speak a created language and he was speaking MY language. Try calling HIM a nerd and see how far you get.

[Jason Momoa as Drogo, screen grab from Game of Thrones fan site http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Drogo]

DeborahSmall 💞👍🏼 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa That book is on my list too!👍 7y
HardcoverHearts Jason Momoa- oh yes!! 7y
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Hobbinol I like his beard-finial! 7y
Lindy @Hobbinol Or is it a tassel? 😀 7y
Hobbinol I think he'd save his tassel for one of his nipples. 7y
Lindy @Hobbinol You obviously have sartorial talent. 😉 7y
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Lindy
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"From Horse-lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-building." Just 20 minutes into this audiobook and it is totally my jam.

James This looks great! 7y
Lindy @james If you are the kind of person who pays attention to invented languages in novels and films, you will love this. 😀 7y
Smrloomis Oooh, this sounds good! Thanks for posting! 7y
My_novel_obsession This sounds so interesting! 7y
Lindy @Smrloomis @Anovelobsession You are welcome. 😊 7y
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cstamalot
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This book has been on my to-read list for the longest time. I finally went out and bought myself a copy.

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Auntynanny
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Fascinating read

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balletbookworm
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Crazy in-depth examination of language structure and evolution and how that is used to create naturalistic languages like Dothraki, Valyrian, Sindarin, Quenya, etc. Peterson knows of what he speaks since he's the language creator for GoT, Thor 2, Defiance, and The 100 to name a few. Super nerdy.

Peterdamien Well this sounds AMAZING 8y
TheWellReadOwl Holy cow! Sounds awesome! Must buy. 🤓 8y
jeff So intrigued! 8y
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