Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ; International Auxiliary Languages ; Invented Vocabularies: Newspeak and Nadsat ; Oirish Inventions: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Paul Muldoon ; Tolkien's Invented Languages ; Klingon and other Science Fiction Languages ; Logical Languages ; Gaming Languages and Language Games ; Revitalized Languages as Invented Languages ; APPENDICES: SAMPLES AND FORMAL DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME INVENTED LANGUAGES ; INDEX

About the Author

Michael Adams is currently Associate Professor of English and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Indiana. He has contributed to and edited many journals as well as numerous linguistic works, including the Middle English Dictionary and The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. He is the author of Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon and co-author of How English Works: A Linguistic Introduction to the English Language.

Reviews

This book is a welcome addition to the growing literature that treats linguistic invention seriously. Dirk Elzinga, Language Problems and Language Planning the book ought to be read by anyone with an interest in the future of Scots, Gaelic, and even English. The Scotsman