Tolkien and Comparative Historical Linguistics
It is a well-known fact that J.R.R. Tolkien’s training as a philologist had a very strong impact on his work as a creator of languages. This paper aims to identify the influence of Tolkien’s academic background in the field of linguistic studies on the ...
Francesco Dedè
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Does Orkish Sound Evil? Perception of Fantasy Languages and Their Phonetic and Phonological Characteristics [PDF]
Christine Mooshammer
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Introduction. Phonosemantic interference is a phenomenon in imitative word coinage in which the sound shape of a single imitative sign can be conditioned by several categorically different motives of nomination.
V. A. Davydova
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Notoriété des langues construites
Awareness of constructed languages There are many constructed languages, but awareness of them among the general public is low. In 2022, the Espéranto-Développement-45 association carried out a survey to find out how well known 10 constructed ...
Pierre Dieumegard
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J.R.R. Tolkien is most famous for the fantasy series The Lord of the Rings, but long before he began writing the trilogy and its many counterparts, Tolkien constructed a number of languages for the inhabitants of Middle-earth. Phonosemanticism is the idea that phonemes carry meaning, irrespective of their lexical value.
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Quenya is Practically a Main Character
In the last forty years, fan fictions, derivative writings openly based on published works of fiction, have gone from being shared on semi-secretive zines circulating between a handful of people, to being hosted on public online archives, such as ...
Gloria Comandini, Francesco Dedè
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Do some languages sound more beautiful than others? [PDF]
Anikin A, Aseyev N, Erben Johansson N.
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The Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale, the Knowledge in Dementia Scale, and the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool 2: Which Is the Best Tool to Measure Dementia Knowledge in Greece? [PDF]
Tsatali M +3 more
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Comparing prehistoric constructed languages: world-building and its role in understanding prehistoric languages. [PDF]
Schreyer C, Adger D.
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Validation of the Adapted German Versions of the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool 2, the Dementia Attitude Scale, and the Confidence in Dementia Scale for the General Population. [PDF]
Teichmann B, Melchior F, Kruse A.
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