David J. Peterson
Auteur de The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building
Œuvres de David J. Peterson
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building (2015) 467 exemplaires
Living Language Dothraki: A Conversational Language Course Based on the Hit Original HBO Series Game of Thrones (Living… (2014) 65 exemplaires
Create Your Own Secret Language: Invent Codes, Ciphers, Hidden Messages, and More (2020) 13 exemplaires
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The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics (2013) — Directeur de publication — 30 exemplaires
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- Nom légal
- Peterson, David Joshua
- Date de naissance
- 1981-01-20
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Long Beach, California, USA
- Études
- University of California, Berkeley (BA|English and Linguistics), University of California, San Diego (MA|Linguistics)
- Professions
- linguist
language creator
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- 4
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- 3
- Membres
- 546
- Popularité
- #45,669
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 14
- ISBN
- 7
- Langues
- 1
I think Peterson makes his intentions quite clear in the book's intro: "This work is a sincere attempt to give new conlangers a place to start by detailing what things I take into account when creating a language." It does read in some places like a textbook, but a well-written and humorous one, and I personally enjoyed a refresher of basic linguistics info in addition to the material that was new to me (the only major section I skipped was the tech walk-through about creating digital fonts). I liked that Peterson draws not only from his own conlangs, but also natural languages and conlangs created by others for his examples. I wish we had gotten even more of the fascinating history of conlangs that was briefly outlined in the intro.
In general I thought the book created a unique and interesting lens through which to view linguistic and orthographic change. Definitely the "case study" gray-edged sections are worth the price of admission alone.… (plus d'informations)