作者:
Arika Okrent 出版社: Spiegel & Grau 副标题: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language 出版年: 2009-5-19 页数: 352 定价: USD 26.00 装帧: Hardcover ISBN: 9780385527880
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 every Star Trek fan 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, Blissy...
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 every Star Trek fan 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.
In In The Land of Invented Languages , author Arika 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.
A truly original new addition to the booming category of language books, In The Land of Invented Languages will be a must-have on the shelves of all word freaks, grammar geeks, and plain old language lovers.
作者简介
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Arika Okrent received a joint Ph.D. in the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Psychology’s Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Program at the University of Chicago. She has also earned her first-level certification in Klingon. She lives in Philadelphia.
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He leaned forward and in French-Canadian-accented Esperanto explained that the song we were hearing was called "Sola." People close to the stage began to sing along, and he said it is often played at youth congresses, where it is a sort of anthem. The lyrics tell the story of a young person who feels completely alone, but then goes to an Esperanto congress and feels such friendship and connection to the world that his loneliness leaves him ... until he is back in his own nation in his own little room. "This song," he almost whispered, "is so meaningful for Esperantists. Sometimes, when it's played at the congresses, you see people crying." (查看原文)
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1 有用 marego 2009-06-30 19:17:02
自Large（1985）以来，最好的英文写的关于计划语言历史的书！
0 有用 蝉 2014-01-10 14:51:49
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0 有用 离小生 2014-02-26 12:17:19
Great fun
0 有用 离小生 2014-02-26 12:17:19
Great fun
0 有用 蝉 2014-01-10 14:51:49
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1 有用 marego 2009-06-30 19:17:02
自Large（1985）以来，最好的英文写的关于计划语言历史的书！