Linguistics and Languages in Science Fiction-fantasy
Author: Myra Edwards Barnes
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 232
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Author: Myra Edwards Barnes
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Israel A. C. Noletto
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-05-31
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1040024513
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFictional Languages in Science Fiction Literature surveys a large number of fictional languages, those created as part of a literary world, to present a multifaceted account of the literary phenomenon of glossopoesis (language invention). Consisting of a few untranslated sentences, exotic names, or even fully-fledged languages with detailed grammar and vocabulary, fictional languages have been a common element of English-language fiction since Thomas More’s Utopia (1516). Different notions of the functions of such fictional languages in narrative have been proposed: as rooted in phonaesthetics and contextual features, or as being used for characterisation and construction of alterity. Framed within stylistics and informed by narrative theory, literary theory, literary pragmatics, and semiotics, this study combines previous typologies into a new 5-part reading model comprising unique analytical approaches tailored to science fiction’s specific discourse and style, exploring the relationship between glossopoesis, world-building, storytelling, interpretation, and rhetoric, both in prose and paratexts.
Author: Susan Mandala
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2010-12-23
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 1847063012
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Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Ultramarine Publishing
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780399504822
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tim Conley
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780313331886
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFictional languages are central to numerous creative works. This book examines such languages in a wide range of literature, films, and television shows. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on particular works. Many of these works are widely taught, such as All's Well That Ends Well, Gulliver's Travels, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Utopia, while others are popular books, films, and television series, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cat's Cradle, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars. Thus the encyclopedia helps students understand texts central to the curriculum and popular culture. Each entry discusses the role of imaginary languages in a particular work. Entries range from antiquity to the present and close with suggestions for further reading. The encyclopedia ends with a selected bibliography and includes various helpful finding aids.
Author: Emar Maier
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2021-10-15
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0192585355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume brings together new research on fiction from the fields of philosophy and linguistics. Fiction has long been a topic of interest in philosophy, but recent years have also seen a surge in work on fictional discourse at the intersection between linguistics and philosophy of language. In particular, there has been a growing interest in examining long-standing issues concerning fiction from a perspective that is informed both by philosophy and linguistic theory. Following a detailed introduction by the editors, The Language of Fiction contains 14 chapters by leading scholars in linguistics and philosophy, organized into three parts. Part I, 'Truth, Reference, and Imagination', offers new, interdisciplinary perspectives on some of the central themes from the philosophy of fiction: What is fictional truth? How do fictional names refer? What kind of speech act is involved in telling a fictional story? What is the relation between fiction and imagination? Part II, 'Storytelling', deals with themes originating from the study of narrative: How do we infer a coherent story from a sequence of event descriptions? And how do we interpret the words of impersonal or unreliable narrators? Part III, 'Perspective Shift', focuses on an alleged key characteristic of fictional narratives, namely how we get access to the fictional characters' inner lives, through a variety of literary techniques for representing what they say, think, or see. The volume will be of interest to scholars from graduate level upwards in the fields of discourse analysis, semantics and pragmatics, philosophy of language, psychology, cognitive science, and literary studies.
Author: David J. Peterson
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2015-09-29
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0143126466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom language creator David J. Peterson comes a creative gui de to language constructio, offering an overview of language creation, covering its history from Tolkien's creations and Klingon to today's thriving global community of conlangers. He provides the essential tools necessary for inventing and evolving new languages, using examples from a variety of languages including his own creations.
Author: Gary Westfahl
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 0786484764
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScience fiction has always challenged readers with depictions of the future. Can the genre actually provide glimpses of the world of tomorrow? This collection of fifteen international and interdisciplinary essays examines the genre's predictions and breaks new ground by considering the prophetic functions of science fiction films as well as SF literature. Among the texts and topics examined are classic stories by Murray Leinster, C. L. Moore, and Cordwainer Smith; 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels, Japanese anime and Hong Kong cinema; and electronic fiction.
Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Spatterlight Press
Published: 1958
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1619470101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0358212103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA bright and wide-ranging collection of essays, reviews, talks, and more fromone of today's best and most thoughtful writers.