Constructing Languages
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Advanced Language Construction
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Author : Mark Rosenfelder
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012
Advanced Language Construction written by Mark Rosenfelder and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The sequel to the Language Construction Kit: learn more about constructed languages and about linguistics: logic, pidgins and creoles, sign languages, the linguistic life cycle, and a meaty step-by-step survey of morphosyntax. Create detailed and plausible languages for RPGs, fantasy and science fiction, movies, or video games... or just learn more about how languages work with the same accurate yet fun approach as the original LCK.
The Language Construction Kit
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Author : Mark Rosenfelder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Language Construction Kit written by Mark Rosenfelder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Foreign Language Study categories.
A guide to creating realistic languages for RPGs, fantasy and science fiction, movies or video games, or international communication... or just an unusual way to learn about how languages work.
Constructed Languages And Language Construction
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Author : Jesse Levitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Constructed Languages And Language Construction written by Jesse Levitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Language and languages categories.
Constructing A Language
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Author : Michael TOMASELLO
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Constructing A Language written by Michael TOMASELLO and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Psychology categories.
In this groundbreaking book, Tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisition. Drawing together a vast body of empirical research in cognitive science, linguistics, and developmental psychology, Tomasello demonstrates that we don't need a self-contained "language instinct" to explain how children learn language. Their linguistic ability is interwoven with other cognitive abilities.
Constructing A Language
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Author : Michael Tomasello
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2005-03-31
Constructing A Language written by Michael Tomasello and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-31 with Psychology categories.
In this groundbreaking book, Michael Tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisition. Drawing together a vast body of empirical research in cognitive science, linguistics, and developmental psychology, Tomasello demonstrates that we don’t need a self-contained “language instinct” to explain how children learn language. Their linguistic ability is interwoven with other cognitive abilities. Tomasello argues that the essence of language is its symbolic dimension, which rests on the uniquely human ability to comprehend intention. Grammar emerges as the speakers of a language create linguistic constructions out of recurring sequences of symbols; children pick up these patterns in the buzz of words they hear around them. All theories of language acquisition assume these fundamental skills of intention-reading and pattern-finding. Some formal linguistic theories posit a second set of acquisition processes to connect somehow with an innate universal grammar. But these extra processes, Tomasello argues, are completely unnecessary—important to save a theory but not to explain the phenomenon. For all its empirical weaknesses, Chomskian generative grammar has ruled the linguistic world for forty years. Constructing a Language offers a compellingly argued, psychologically sound new vision for the study of language acquisition.
Creating Languages In Central Europe During The Last Millennium
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Author : T. Kamusella
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-12-22
Creating Languages In Central Europe During The Last Millennium written by T. Kamusella and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-22 with History categories.
After 1918 Central Europe's multiethnic empires were replaced by nation-states, which gave rise to an unusual ethnolinguistic kind of nationalism. This book provides a detailed history and linguistic analysis of how the many languages of Central Europe have developed from the 10th century to the present day.
Constructing Language Processors For Little Languages
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Author : Randy M. Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Release Date : 1994-08-23
Constructing Language Processors For Little Languages written by Randy M. Kaplan and has been published by John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-08-23 with Computers categories.
"Little languages" are specialty languages that can help programmers streamline the development of specific applications. This text, written for experienced programmers, serves as a step-by-step guide to developing compilers and interpreters for "little languages".
From Elvish To Klingon
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Author : Michael Adams
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-10-27
From Elvish To Klingon written by Michael Adams and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
How are languages invented? Why are they invented? Who uses them? What are the cultural effects of invented languages? This fascinating book looks at all manner of invented languages and explores the origins, purpose, and usage of these curious artefacts of culture. Written by experts in the field, chapters discuss languages from Esperanto to Klingon and uncover the motives behind their creation, and the outcomes of their existence. Introduction by Michael Adams Linking all invented languages, Michael Adams explains how creating a language is intimidating work; no one would attempt to invent one unless driven by a serious purpose or aspiration. He explains how the origin and development of each invented language illustrates inventors' and users' dissatisfaction with the language(s) already available to them, and how each invented language expresses one or more of a wide range of purposes and aspirations: political, social, aesthetic, intellectual, and technological. Chapter 1: International Auxiliary Languages by Arden Smith From the mythical Language of Adam to Esperanto and Solrésol, this chapter looks at the history, linguistics, and significance of international or universal languages (including sign languages). Chapter 2: Invented Vocabularies: Newspeak and Nadsat by Howard Jackson Looking at the invented vocabularies of science fiction, for example 1984's 'Newspeak' and Clockwork Orange's 'Nadsat', this chapter discusses the feasibility of such vocabularies, the plausibility of such lexical change, and the validity of the Sapir-Whorfian echoes heard in such literary experiments. Chapter 3: 'Oirish' Inventions: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Paul Muldoon by Stephen Watt This chapter looks at literary inventions of another kind, nonsense and semi-nonsense languages, including those used in the works of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Chapter 4: Tolkien's Invented Languages by Edmund Weiner Focussing on the work of the accomplished philologist J.R.R. Tolkien, the fifteen languages he created are considered in the context of invented languages of other kinds. Chapter 5: Klingon and other Science Fiction Languages by Marc Okrand, Judith Hendriks-Hermans, and Sjaak Kroon Klingon is the most fully developed of fictional languages (besides Tolkien's). Used by many, this chapter explores the speech community of 'Trekkies', alongside other science fiction vocabularies. Chapter 6: Logical Languages by Michael Adams This chapter introduces conlangs, 'constructed languages'. For example, Láaden, created to express feminine experience better than 'patriarchal' languages. Chapter 7: Gaming Languages and Language Games by James Portnow Languages and games are both fundamentally interactive, based on the adoption of arbitrary sign systems, and come with a set of formal rules which can be manipulated to express different outcomes. This being one of the drivers for the popularity of invented languages within the gaming community, James Portnow looks at several gaming languages and language games, such as Gargish, D'ni, Simlish, and Logos. Chapter 8: Revitalized Languages as Invented Languages by Suzanne Romaine The final chapter looks at language continuation, renewal, revival, and resurrection - in the cases of Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish, and Breton - as well as language regulation.
The Linguistic Construction Of Reality
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Author : George William Grace
language : en
Publisher: George Grace
Release Date : 1987
The Linguistic Construction Of Reality written by George William Grace and has been published by George Grace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Language and languages categories.
Bibliography Of Planned Languages Excluding Esperanto
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Author : Richard K. Harrison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Bibliography Of Planned Languages Excluding Esperanto written by Richard K. Harrison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Languages, Artificial categories.