In the Land of Invented Languages

In the Land of Invented Languages

A Celebration of Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius

by Arika Okrent

342 pages· 2010· ISBN 9780812980899
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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--not to mention Babm, Blissymbolics, and the nearly nine hundred other invented languages featured in this language-lover's book.

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