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SFF Linguistics
Bridges Go in Both Directions: Humans and Atevi in CJ Cherryh’s Foreigner Series
Who Gets to Be People? Encountering the Alien in A Desolation Called Peace
Disruptions in Communication Disrupt Atevi Society in CJ Cherryh’s Foreigner Series
Look Up That SF Term in the New Online Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Building a Bridge Between Cultures in CJ Cherryh’s Foreigner Series
Linguistic First Contact: Encountering the Kyo in C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner Series
“Man’chi” Is Not the Same as “Liking”: Intercultural Communication in C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner Series
“Oh, Frak” — Avoiding the Censors the SFF Way
“Evil Earth”: Linguistic Worldbuilding in N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy
“Mind records are the one true forever”: Translation and Dead Languages in Marie Brennan’s Turning Darkness Into Light
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
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