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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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Elvish Practitioners of the \u27Secret Vice\u27 [PDF]
In the course of his life Tolkien explored his thoughts and feelings on the role of language-invention in fiction in two key manifestos – his November 1931 talk \u27A Secret Vice\u27 and his 1954 O\u27Donnell lecture \u27English and Welsh\u27.
Higgins, Andrew, Dr.
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Parma Eldalamberon XXII (2015), by J.R.R. Tolkien [PDF]
Book review, by Andrew Higgins, of Parma Eldalamberon XXII (2015), by J.R.R.
Higgins, Andrew
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How to Do Things with Words: Tolkien’s Theory of Fantasy in Practice [PDF]
After his St Andrews lecture on ‘Fairy Stories’ Tolkien projected his theory of sub-creation into his legendarium. In this projection the theory of what the human sub-creator does with thought and words became a model for what miraculous and magical ...
Cook, Simon J., Dr.
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The language of A Clockwork Orange:A corpus stylistic approach to Nadsat [PDF]
The 1962 dystopian novella A Clockwork Orange achieved global cultural resonance when it was adapted for the cinema by Stanley Kubrick in 1971. However, its author Anthony Burgess insisted that the novel’s innovative element was the introduction of ...
Annaud J-J +30 more
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A Secret Vice (2016) by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins [PDF]
Book review by Nelson Goering of A Secret Vice (2016) by J.R.R.
Goering, Nelson
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Fantasy Incarnate: Of Elves and Men [PDF]
This essay proposes the idea of incarnation as a key to unlocking Tolkien’s conception of fantasy as set out in the \u27Origins\u27 section of On Fairy Stories.
Cook, Simon J, Dr.
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Constructed Languages and Their Role in Drama [PDF]
This paper covers the history and use of constructed language and dialect on stage and screen as well as the issues that arise concerning social awareness and intellectual ...
Vandenberg, Emelie
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