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Title: A Gateway to Sindarin
Condition: New
Subtitle: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
Author: David Salo
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780874809121
ISBN: 9780874809121
Publisher: University of Utah Press,U.S.
Genre: Language & Reference
Release Date: 04/30/2007
Description: From the 1910s to the 1970s, author and linguist J. R. R. Tolkien worked at creating plausibly realistic languages to be used by the creatures and characters in his novels. Like his other languages, Sindarin was a new invention, not based on any existing or artificial language. By the time of his death, he had established fairly complete descriptions of two languages, the 'elvish' tongues Quenya and Sindarin. He was able to compose poetic and prose texts in both, and he also constructed a lengthy sequence of changes for both from an ancestral 'proto-language,' comparable to the development of historical languages and capable of analysis with the techniques of historical linguistics. In A Gateway to Sindarin, David Salo has created a volume that is a serious look at an entertaining topic. Salo covers the grammar, morphology, and history of the language. Supplemental material includes a vocabulary, Sindarin names, a glossary of terms, and an annotated list of works relevant to Sindarin. What emerges is an homage to Tolkien's scholarly philological efforts.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Width: 38mm
Item Weight: 595g
Release Year: 2007

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