The Universal Translator: Everything you need to know about 139 languages that don’t really exist

Yens Wahlgren

The Universal Translator: Everything you need to know about 139 languages that don’t really exist

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Abstract

An overview of the development, and use of, fictive languages in literature, movies and TV-shows from ancient Greece to 2021.

Original language	English
Publisher	The History Press
Number of pages	288
ISBN (Electronic)	9780750995924
ISBN (Print)	9780750993203
Publication status	Published - 2021

Subject classification (UKÄ)

General Literary studies (including Literary Theory)
Comparative Language Studies and Linguistics
Film Studies

Om utomjordiska och utomvärldsliga språk
Wahlgren, Y. (Invited speaker)
2016 Apr 15
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Om konstgjorda språk i litteratur och film
Wahlgren, Y. (Invited speaker)
2016 Apr 15
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

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