tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post1846962477868308471..comments2024-03-28T08:26:40.519-04:00Comments on alien romances: Linguistics For WritersRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-13169466034910221652008-12-09T00:31:00.000-05:002008-12-09T00:31:00.000-05:00Your musings reminded of a book I've been meaning ...Your musings reminded of a book I've been meaning to read. It's <I>Aliens and Linguists: Language Study and Science Fiction</I>. I'll have to get it from the library.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298187327210517103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-74458213433489869852008-11-30T10:50:00.000-05:002008-11-30T10:50:00.000-05:00Brian:You are absolutely correct, Esperanto is one...Brian:<BR/><BR/>You are absolutely correct, Esperanto is one of the more hopeful developments in our world today. <BR/><BR/>It garnered huge support in the SF community when it first was promoted, and still enjoys a respected position.<BR/><BR/>However, this post was focused on writers who don't know anything about Linguistics and probably only know one language well. <BR/><BR/>Fantasy today, in the wake of Tolkien, seems to require Elves, Trolls, and Goblins to have languages - and Bug Eyed Monsters too. So people who aren't steeped in Linguistics are inventing languages for fictional purposes.<BR/><BR/>This post was aimed at honing curiosity among this group of writers, so maybe they'd learn something about the various fields that study human communication.<BR/><BR/>The other side of the coin is the reader -- if a writer truly expert in all the fields of communication relevant to creating non-human languages actually created one and used it in a novel, the READERS wouldn't find it amusing. <BR/><BR/>It would seem arduous.<BR/><BR/>So likewise, if a writer used Esperanto in a fantasy novel, it would seem arduous not amusing. <BR/><BR/>We are in the field of entertainment, and everything we explore and learn is sliced and diced and slanted to being useful as an entertainment tool. <BR/><BR/>We are stage magicians who use words instead of slight of hand. <BR/><BR/>Jacqueline Lichtenberg<BR/>http://www.simegen.com/jl/<BR/>http://friendfeed.com/jlichtenberg<BR/>http://www.twitter.com/jllichtenbergJacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-83119500365841947592008-11-30T08:18:00.000-05:002008-11-30T08:18:00.000-05:00As far as learning another language, is concerned,...As far as learning another language, is concerned, can I put in a word for Esperanto?<BR/><BR/>I know that Esperanto is a living language, but it has great propaedeutic values as well.You might like to see http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU for other detail.Professor Piron was a translator with the United Nations in Geneva.<BR/><BR/>The argument for Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com