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linguistics
A Prank on the Emperor? Names and Vocabulary in The Goblin Emperor
“Such a relief, to have a language with the right words”: Native Tongue and Women’s Language
Expressing Culture Through Language in A Memory Called Empire
Lang Belta: The Language of The Expanse
Predators, Prey, Honor: Linguistic Worldbuilding in C.J. Cherryh’s Hunter of Worlds
The Signifier and the Signified: Semiotics and China Miéville’s Embassytown
Good Fiction, Questionable Science: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
That Was Awesome! Writers on Writing
Let Me Talk to the Aliens! Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life”
The First Full Arrival Trailer Reveals the Aliens and Their Language
7 Different Ways Fantasy Has Used Language as Magic
“What Happens Now?” “They Arrive.” Watch the Arrival Teaser Trailer
Is This One of Mankind’s Oldest Fairy Tales?
The Language of Spellwork in Harry Potter — J.K. Rowling’s Incantations Hold Surprising Linguistic Depth
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