David C Stockwell (6 results)

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2024 Edinburgh University Press hardcover edition. Unread copy in very good condition. Contents: 1. Introduction: reading fictional languages by Israel A. C. Noletto, Jessica Norledge, and Peter Stockwell, 2. Conlanging with non-conlangers: the art of language invention in television and media by David J. Peterson and Jessie Sams, 3. On the inner workings of language creation: using conlangs to drive reader engagement in fictional worlds by Benjamin Johnson, Anthony Gutierrez, and Nicolas Matias Campi, 4. Dialects in constructed languages by Harry Cook, 5. Alien typographies in sf and the influence of Asian languages by Victor Fernandes Andrade and Sebastiao Alves Teixeira Lopes, 6. Design intentions and actual perception of fictional languages: Quenya, Sindarin, and Na'vi by Bettina Beinhoff, 7. The phonaesthetics of constructed languages: results from an online rating experiment by Christine Mooshammer, Dominique Bobeck, Henrik Hornecker, Kieran Meinhardt, Olga Olina, Marie Christin Walch, and Qiang Xia, 8. Tolkien's use of invented languages in 'The Lord of the Rings' by James K. Tauber, 9. Changing tastes: reading the cannibalese of Charles Dickens' 'Holiday Romance' and nineteenth-century popular culture by Katie Wales, 10. Dialectal extrapolation as a literary experiment in Aldiss' 'A spot of Confrontation' by Israel A. C. Noletto, 11. Women, fire, and dystopian things by Jessica Norledge, 12. Building the conomasticon: names and naming in fictional worlds by Rebecca Gregory, 13. The language of Lapine in 'Watership Down' by Kimberley Pager-McClymont, 14. Unspeakable languages by Peter Stockwell.…

1997, Impreso en Italia Bonechi, 96 paginas, ilustraciones, mapa desplegable 21x12, cubierta en tapa blanda, buen estado.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: European Earthenware - In the R. Thornton Wilson Collection; Aesop's Fables on Philadelphia Furniture; For the Casual Collector - American Woodenware; Lost Plantations; William Henry Brown of Charleston; Invitation to the Antiques Forum; English Silver in a Texas Collection; Heraldry and the American Collector; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 477-564. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. …