Imaginary languages : myths, utopias, fantasies, illusions, and linguistic fictions / Marina Yaguello ; translated by Erik Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yaguello, Marina, author.

Contributor:

Butler, Erik, 1971- translator.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Langues imaginaires. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Imaginary languages.

Languages, Artificial.

Glossolalia.

Language and languages in literature.

Language and languages--Origin.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

xxii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Trade book on the history of imaginary languages by a French linguist who was one of the first to write on the topic and to popularize linguistics for a general and literary audience"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I FROM MYTH TO UTOPIA

1. From Austral To Astral Voyages: Foundational Myths

2. The Dreamer Dreaming: Profiles In Logophilia

3. The Dream Of The Dreamer's Rib: Female Bodies, Male Science

pt. II IN THE COURSE OF TIME (THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY)

4. The Unfinished Quest: The Search For An Ideal Language In The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries

5. Science Against Fiction: The March Toward Positive Fact

6. Utopia In Action: The Ascent Of International Auxiliary Languages

7. Myth At The Heart Of Science: Modern Linguistic Theories As Reflected In Science Fiction

pt. III TWO POLES OF LINGUISTIC FANTASY

8. The Emperor's New Clothes: The Case Of Nikolai Marr

9. The Queen Of The Night: Language And The Unconscious-Spiritualist And Religious Glossolalia

pt. IV THE DEFENSE AND ILLUSTRATION OF NATURAL LANGUAGES

10. Sleeping Beauty At Rest: Artificial Languages, Prisons Of The Mind

11. Opposing Forces.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780262046398

0262046393

OCLC:

1260172179