Contributors wanted for book on "Invented Languages"

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:00 PM -0400 7/21/05, Michael Adams wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I am currently editing an book on "Invented Languages" for the Oxford
>University Press.  that will include chapters on international
>languages like Volapuk and Esperanto; the many languages of Tolkien's
>Middle-Earth; reconstructed/renewed languages from Mongolian to Welsh;
>etc.  According to the proposal, it will also include chapters on
>Klingon, conlangs generally, and invented vocabularies like Nadsat and
>Newspeak, but I am having trouble locating authors for these three
>chapters.

You'll want Marc Okrand for Klingon.  He's the inventor (as well as a
PhD in linguistics from U. C. Berkeley), and should be reachable at
<mokrand at erols.com>.

Larry

>
>I am underselling the book here, but I would be happy to send a full
>prospectus of the project to any Klingonist or conlanger who might be
>willing to contribute -- just leave the list and send a response to the
>address above.
>
>Michael Adams