A Gateway to Sindarin

A Gateway to Sindarin
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Publisher : University of Utah Press
Total Pages : 455
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ISBN-10 : 9780874808001
ISBN-13 : 0874808006
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis A Gateway to Sindarin by : David Salo

A serious linguistic analysis of Tolkien's Sindarin language. Includes the grammar, morphology, and history of the language.

Sindarin Dictionary

Sindarin Dictionary
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Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 1291332162
ISBN-13 : 9781291332162
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Sindarin Dictionary by : J. M. Carpenter

This is a comprehensive resource of Sindarin, bringing together every attested word from a large number of sources into both Sindarin-English and English-Sindarin formats. This dictionary also includes well marked reconstructions.

The Return of the King

The Return of the King
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9780007269723
ISBN-13 : 0007269722
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Return of the King by : J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy fiction. The first ever illustrated paperback of part three of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring 15 colour paintings by Alan Lee.

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Fellowship of the Ring
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 571
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ISBN-10 : 9780007203581
ISBN-13 : 0007203586
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fellowship of the Ring by : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

'The Fellowship of the Ring' is the first part of JRR Tolkien's epic masterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings'. This 50th anniversary edition features special packaging and includes the definitive edition of the text.|PB

A Fan's Guide to Neo-Sindarin

A Fan's Guide to Neo-Sindarin
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 362
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ISBN-10 : 9780997432169
ISBN-13 : 0997432160
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis A Fan's Guide to Neo-Sindarin by : Fiona Jallings

Enchanted with Elvish? This is Neo-Sindarin, the language as it has flourished on the Internet using Tolkien's creation as a roadmap. This book functions as a friendly introduction to the Neo-Sindarin community. Included is the most current information available to fans. Within explore Neo-Sindarin academics, learn simple linguistic concepts, practice useful phrases while studying grammar, and look at the world through Elven eyes: from how they count on their fingers to how they organize the cosmos. Govano ven! (Join us!)

From Elvish to Klingon

From Elvish to Klingon
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9780191631603
ISBN-13 : 0191631604
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis From Elvish to Klingon by : Michael Adams

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.

Parma Eldalamberon 17 : Words, Phrases & Passages

Parma Eldalamberon 17 : Words, Phrases & Passages
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ISBN-10 : 1637904606
ISBN-13 : 9781637904602
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Parma Eldalamberon 17 : Words, Phrases & Passages by : J. R. R. Tolkien

"Words, Phrases and Passages" is a collection of Tolkien's notes on the Quenya, Sindarin, Dwarvish, Rohirric and Black Speech examples occurring in "The Lord of the Rings," with translations, grammatical explanations, and etymologies of the various words and names. The entries are arranged in the order the items occurred in the story. In many of these notes dating from 1955 to 1965 Tolkien reconsidered his original explanation of some words and names which led to revisions in the text of novel. Many of the words are traced to their etymological roots; and an index of these together with Tolkien's own lists and explanations of basic Elvish elements is included. There is also an index of all the words and phrases that are glossed within the entries. This issue of "Parma Eldalamberon" is edited by Christopher Gilson, with cover art by Patrick H. Wynne.