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Linguistics has an intrinsic connection to science fiction stories given the nature of the genre and its frequent use of alien settings and cultures. As mentioned in Aliens and Linguists: Language Study and Science Fiction [1] by Walter E. Meyers, science fiction is almost always concerned with the idea of communication, [2] such as communication with aliens and machines, or communication ...
Suzette Haden Elgin (born Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins; November 18, 1936 – January 27, 2015) was an American researcher in experimental linguistics, construction and evolution of languages and poetry and science fiction writer. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association and is considered an important figure in the field of science ...
The Klingon Dictionary (TKD) is a book by Marc Okrand describing the Klingon language.First published in 1985 and then again with an addendum in 1992, it includes pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary.
Alien languages are subject of both science fiction and scientific research. Perhaps the most fully developed fictional alien language is the Klingon language of the Star Trek universe – a fully developed constructed language. [8]
Snow Crash is a science fiction novel by the American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 1992.Like many of Stephenson's novels, its themes include history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy.
Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia is a 2021 reference work written by science fiction scholar Gary Westfahl and published by ABC-Clio/Greenwood.The book contains eight essays on the history of science fiction, eleven thematic essays on how different topics relate to science fiction, and 250 entries on various science fiction subgenres, authors, works, and motifs.
Vyvyan Evans (born 23 September 1968) is a British [1] cognitive linguist, [2] [3] digital communication technologist, [4] [5] popular science author, science fiction author and public intellectual. [6] [7] [8] He has published fifteen books, [9] both non-fiction and fiction. He holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Georgetown University. [2]
The book provides information on Klingon sociolinguistics including: regional vocabulary, variation between the speech of younger and older generations, idioms, slang, dialects, and specialized vocabulary relating to food, warfare, the visual arts and music.