[91247] in tlhIngan-Hol
[Tlhingan-hol] HI' ghaH'a' Marc Okrand'e'?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Mon Dec 12 15:12:09 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:11:47 -0600
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Two reviews of a new book of interest to the collective "From Elvish to Kli=
ngon: Exploring Invented Languages" (Oxford Univ. Press, 2011):
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"Language and Its Discontents"
Brooklyn Rail
... warrior race of Star Trek fame, is also troubled: Authored in part by t=
he language's dictatorial founder, Marc Okrand, it verges on self-congratul=
ation. ...
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/12/express/language-and-its-discontents =
"From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages, By Michael Adams"
The Independent
These humanoids were more loquacious in Star Trek III, thanks to the invent=
iveness of Marc Okrand, an interplanetary linguist. One of the contributors=
to ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/from-elvish-t=
o-klingon-exploring-invented-languages-by-michael-adams-6274021.html =
We haven't received it yet at my library, but I'll report when we do and if=
it's worth buying.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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