The languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth / Ruth S. Noel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noel, Ruth S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973--Language--Glossaries, etc.

Tolkien, J. R. R.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.

Imaginary languages in literature.

Physical Description:

207 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1980.

Summary:

The same delight that led Tolkien to invent fourteen different languages and assorted alphabets for his Middle-earth dwellers now leads many of his fans to puzzle out translations for the Rohirrim's battle cries and to write their love letters in Elvish.

Here is the perfect handbook for all such enthusiasts as well as for serious students of language. It includes a full account of Tolkien the linguist, as well as telling how to write all the languages, with guides to grammar and pronunciation, and a complete dictionary of the fourteen languages.

Here is a book to deepen and enhance our enjoyment of those classics of Middle-earth, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmanrillion.

Contents:

Part I Language in Tolkien's Middle-earth

Tolkien the Linguist 3

Westron and the Lines of the Kings 9

The Language of Hobbits 16

The Language of the Rohirrim 22

The Languages of Rhovannion 30

Quotations Translated 35

Runes and Letters 42

Part II The Elvish Languages

The Elven Tongues and the Power of Language 55

Using Elvish 61

English-to-Elvish Glossary 75

Part III The Tolkien Dictionary: Fourteen Tolkien Languages

Pronunciation 95

Codes 101

The Tolkien Dictionary 105.

Notes:

Edition of 1974 published under title: The languages of Middle earth.

"The Tolkien dictionary": p. [93]-207.

ISBN:

0395291291 :

OCLC:

6043062