36.1899, Books: A Dictionary of the Artificial Language Oz: Libert (2024)

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Date: 18-Jun-2025
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: A Dictionary of the Artificial Language Oz: Libert (2024)


Title: A Dictionary of the Artificial Language Oz
Series Title: Languages of the World/Dictionaries 82
Publication Year: 2024

Publisher: Lincom GmbH
           https://lincom-shop.eu/
Book URL:
https://lincom-shop.eu/epages/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d/Products/%22ISBN%209783969391938%22

Author(s): Alan Libert

17x24 cm. ISBN 9783969391938. Languages of the World/Dictionaries 82.
58pp. EUR 48.80.

Abstract:

Oz is an artificial auxiliary language created by Charles Milton Elam.
In spite of its name, it was a serious project. It belongs to the a
priori group of artificial languages, i.e. it did not take anything
from natural languages, as Esperanto did. The only known work on the
language is a book by Elam entitled The Case for an A Priori Language,
published in 1932, and it is one of the more obscure artificial
languages. This book did not include a dictionary or glossary, and so
the present dictionary has been created. It includes almost all of the
Oz words and morphemes occurring in Elam’s book; in some cases it has
been difficult to be sure of the meaning of a item, or whether it is a
root or a stem; such facts have been noted. Oz has elaborate systems
of terms for colors, chemical elements, and family terms, in spite of
the fact that most such terms will rarely be used. There is also a
complex system of tenses. This dictionary will give a picture of a
highly unusual artificial language.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Written In: English (eng)



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