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In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
by Okrent, Arika
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385527888
- ISBN 13
- 9780385527880
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2009. The fascinating story of man's quest to build a better language. First printing. Spine ends gently bumped. Jacket lightly crimped, spine a bit sunned, in Brodart. Inscribed on the title page "To George, Thanks for helping me to love language! Arika Okrent." Hand written note signed by Okrent laid in.. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
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.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231335
- Title
- In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
- Author
- Okrent, Arika
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385527888
- ISBN 13
- 9780385527880
- Publisher
- Spiegel & Grau
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education/Textbooks;
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About the Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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