Language Invention in Linguistics Pedagogy
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 12 August 2020
- ISBN 9780198829874
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages324 pages
- Size 241x163x25 mm
- Weight 666 g
- Language English 45
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Short description:
This book is the first to explore the varied ways in which invented languages can be used to teach languages and linguistics in university courses. Renowned scholars and junior researchers show how using invented languages can appeal to a wider range of students, and can help those students to develop the fundamental skills of linguistic analysis.
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This book is the first to explore the varied ways in which invented languages can be used to teach languages and linguistics in university courses. There has long been interest in invented languages, also known as constructed languages or conlangs, both in the political arena (as with Esperanto) and in the world of literature and science fiction and fantasy media - Tolkien's Quenya and Sindarin, Dothraki in Game of Thrones, and Klingon in the Star Trek franchise, among many others. Linguists have recently served as language creators or consultants for film and television, with notable examples including Jessica Coon's work on the film Arrival, Christine Schreyer's Kryptonian for Man of Steel, and David Adger's contributions to the series Beowulf.
The chapters in this volume show how the use of invented languages as a teaching tool can reach a student population who might not otherwise be interested in studying linguistics, as well as helping those students to develop the fundamental core skills of linguistic analysis. Invented languages encourage problem-based and active learning; they shed light on the nature of linguistic diversity and implicational universals; and they provide insights into the complex interplay of linguistic patterns and social, environmental, and historical processes. The volume brings together renowned scholars and junior researchers who have used language invention and constructed languages to achieve a range of pedagogical objectives. It will be of interest to graduate students and teachers of linguistics and those in related areas such as anthropology and psychology.
Students can unfold their creativity while at the same time learning about phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and other areas of linguistics.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
A primer on constructed languages
Budding linguists and how to find them
The linguistics of Arrival: Heptapods, field linguistics, and Universal Grammar
Three conlang projects at three educational levels
The design(ing) of language
Using language invention to teach typology and cross-linguistic universals
Teaching invented languages to the undergraduate major: A capstone course
Teaching invented languages as an introductory course: Unfamiliar territory
Bringing language construction from the classroom to the community
The interdisciplinarity of conlangs: Moving beyond linguistics
Teaching Proto-Indo-European as a constructed language
Learning about language through language invention: "I was really proud of the language I created"
Extraterrestrial message construction: Guidelines for the use of xenolinguistics in the classroom
Artistry in language invention: Conlang pedagogy and the instructor as authority
