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

• 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.

• "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"-- 

Ämnesord

Tungomålstalande  (sao)

Fantasispråk  (sao)

Språk i litteraturen  (sao)

Språkets uppkomst  (sao)

Konstgjorda språk  (sao)

Imaginary languages.  (LCSH)

Languages, Artificial.  (LCSH)

Glossolalia.  (LCSH)

Language and languages in literature.  (LCSH)

Language and languages  -- Origin. (LCSH)

Langues imaginaires.  (Vedettes-matière)

Langues artificielles.  (Vedettes-matière)

Glossolalie.  (Vedettes-matière)

Langage et langues dans la littérature.  (Vedettes-matière)

Langage et langues  -- Origines. (Vedettes-matière)

Languages, Artificial  (LCSH)

Imaginary languages  (LCSH)

Language and languages ¡ Origin  (LCSH)

Language and languages in literature  (LCSH)

Glossolalia  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

P120.I53 (LCC)

499/.99 (DDC)

Fy (kssb/8 (machine generated))