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In the Land of Invented Languages

“Hats off to Okrent, who expertly exposes the history, culture, and preoccupations of this insular tribe who live among us. She rescues language inventors, or conlangers, from the oddball bin—utopianists all, they're the first biotechnologists, trying to leapfrog evolution and improve human life. They'll thank her but everyone else will, too, for finally making sense of the conlangers' discontents.” —Michael Erard, author of Um…: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean

“A lively, informative, insightful examination of artificial languages—who invents them, why, and why most of them fail. I loved this book.”—Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, New York Times

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Title of ebook: In the Land of Invented Languages
ISBN: 9780385529716
parent-ISBN: 9780385527880
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 05-2009
Released online for download: 05-19-2009
Author of eBook: Okrent, Arika

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