2013-05-09

Do Linguists Dream of Electric Sheep?

Do Linguists Dream of Electric Sheep? by Joe Trotta, 27 March 2013.

This is a single paragraph stream of consciousness post. Tolkein is quoted as claiming that Esperanto et sim. are dead because there was no world-building around the languages created. Láadan is discussed. The author wonders about sci fi conlangs. He reports that Benjamin Lee Whorf of linguistic relativity fame wrote a science fiction novella, 'The Ruler of the Universe'.

The only aspect of this post that is useful is the bibliography, in particular these items (references completed where possible):

Adams, Michael, ed. From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Armitt, Lucie. "Your Word Is My Command: the Structures of Language and Power in Women's Science Fiction," in Where No Man Has Gone Before: Women and Science Fiction, edited by Lucie Armitt (London; New York: Routledge, 1991).

Barnes, Myra Edwards. Linguistics and Languages in Science Fiction-Fantasy. New York: Arno Press, 1975.

Hockett, Charles. "How to Learn Martian, " Astounding Science Fiction, October 1957,  pp. 76-84.

Meyers, Walter E. Aliens and Linguists: Language Study and Science Fiction. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1980.

Rabkin, Eric S. “Metalinguistics and Science Fiction,” Critical Inquiry, Autumn 1979, pp. 79-97.

Samuels, David. “Alien Tongues,” in E.T. Culture: Anthropology in Outer Spaces, edited by Debbora Battaglia (Durham: Duke University Press, 2005), pp. 94-129.

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