Reality in Fantasy

Destruel, Matt. “Reality in Fantasy”, Boston College, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107144.
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Abstract

This research paper aims to compare fictional languages, in particular those created in works of science fiction, to natural languages. After an introduction to conlangs in general, and to Quenya, Klingon, Dothraki and Na’vi specifically, Greenberg’s linguistic universals will be used to test their resemblance to natural languages, and suggest a taxonomy of fictional languages.

Title
Reality in Fantasy: linguistic analysis of fictional languages
Author
Destruel, Matt
School
Arts and Sciences
Publisher
Boston College
Date Issued
2016
Genre
thesis
Degree Level
Masters
Degree Name
MA
Thesis Advisor
Thomas, Margaret
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107144
Use Restrictions
Copyright is held by the author. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).
Scholarly Profile
Matt Destruel's ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2510-5661

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