In the Land of Invented Languages - Arika Okrent
To Derrick
CONTENTS
Nine Hundred Languages, Nine Hundred Years
1. Scaring the Mundanes
2. A History of Failure
John Wilkins and the Language of Truth
3. The Six-Hundred-Page Rewrite
4. A Calculus of Thought
5. A Hierarchy of the Universe
6. The Word for “Shit”
7. Knowing What You Mean to Say
Ludwik Zamenhof and the Language of Peace
8. A Linguistic Handshake
9. Un Nuov Glot
10. Trouble in Volapükland
11. A Nudist, a Gay Ornithologist, a Railroad Enthusia ...