The Universal Translator
Everything you need to know about 139 languages that don’t really exist
$48.79
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2021
Summary
A linguistic and creative masterpiece on entertainment’s constructed languages to instruct and delight fans and creators alike.
This is a book about languages that aren’t real: those from countries that don’t exist, alien languages, languages of mythological creatures and languages spoken in an imagined future or parallel universe. But they are also languages that are, to the highest degree, living on Earth thanks to their enthusiastic fans. Klingon, Valyrian, Syldavian, Na’vi, Lillip…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780750993203 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0750993200 |
| Author: | Yens Wahlgren |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 478g |
| Dimensions: | 138mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
‘Wahlgren has written a wonderful book: … A tribute to the collective creativity. When you have read it you just want more!’ – Fredrik Kylberg ,
‘Wahlgren has written a wonderful book: … A tribute to the collective creativity. When you have read it you just want more!’
– Fredrik Kylberg, Östgöta Corren Swedish-language newspaper
Yens Wahlgren
YENS WAHLGREN is a xenosociolinguist, communicator and writer. He works at Lund University and previously worked as a journalist. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Klingon, and his thesis ‘Klingon as Linguistic Capital’ is a standard text for its speakers and in the study of the alien language. Wahlgren lives in Sweden and has a lifelong interest artificial languages in literature and in popular culture.
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