summary linguistics science fiction awhile back posted query asking titles science fiction books stories linguistics reasonable sort played large part turns something faq herewith highly edited summary responses respondents gave synopsis plot attach highly edited form lest get even longer already first thanks judges namely afn11122 freenet ufl edu steve blackwelder sblackwelder firstbyte ccmail compuserve com anthea fraser ellgupta leonis nus sg another anthea anfallen ursula uoregon edu ines shaw ishaw badlands nodak edu mark hansell mhansell carleton edu larry horn lhorn yalevm cis yale edu susan fischer sdfncr rit edu deborah kela ruuskanen druuskan cc helsinki fi jacqueline anderson anderson smtp munet edu anton dasher netcom com herbert stahlke 00hfstahlke bsu edu hstahlke bsu edu dorine houston v2188g templevm bitnet pucc princeton edu peter christian peter gold ac uk john anderson janderso epas utoronto ca madhatter intacc web net marty laforest marty laforest ciral ulaval ca mark mandel mark dragonsys com larry trask larryt cogs susx ac uk addition editors linguist list provided text previous queries subject end faq science lang wont try credit authors cited latter two sources never get envelope author name first titles occasional comments apparent suzette haden elgin native tongue trilogy including native tongue wherein language linguistics prominent issues future society laadan language development clans linguists become crucial mediation nonhumans raises issues innateness bioprogram language learning relationship body stucture language well feminist issues judas rose derek bickerton king sea exactly science fiction deals humandolphin communication best explanation bickerton bioprogram available valuable dicussion also problems meaningful relationship dolphin arnason woman iron people vonarburg motherland robert sheckley shall little talk evil earth capitalist empire take planet buy land planet representative goes planet start negotiating land purchase finds every day language changed vocabulary grammar one point exclaims stop agglutinating inhabitants planet using accelerated language change defense mechanism end story communicating identical monosyllables david carkeet double negative one respondent called murder mystery linguist uses knowledge child language acquisition solve murder another said involved human animal boundary samuel delany babel 17 triton latter takes arbitrariness relationship form meaning builds whole society around starting course artificially engineered environment moon saturn neveryon series secondhand report says incorporates good deal linguistics ian watson embedding universal grammar generative syntax goulet oh profit main character signing gorilla named oh chomsky soundalike baddie called sandground pamela sargent long silence actually communication music langauge communication alien intelligences rate c j cherryh writes contact humans aliens different aliens chanur series best read sequence pride chanur chanur venture kif strike back chanur homecoming chanur legacy think title funniest book cant appreciate read others others cherryh series cuckoo egg less ling chanur foreigner hero guy wrote dissertation plural forms nonhuman language quite good meditation whether would possible really understand nonhuman intelligence form whodunit spy action novel c lewis space trilogy silent planet perelandra hideous strength main character two minor character third 1930 philologist elwin ransom card ender game xenocide speaker dead series john berryman something say _ analog _ 196667 james p hogan inherit stars janet kagan hellspark uhura song h beam piper omnilingual sure quotes indicate short story rather novel neal stephenson snow crash jack vance languages pao comparative linguistics sapir whorf hypothesis weak form semantics walter jon williams surfacing roger zelazny rose ecclesiastes russel hoban riddley walker whole thing narrator dialect future form english burgess anthony clockwork orange futuristic version anglicized russian frank herbert dune carefully worked historical derivations arabic religious language set thousands years future delany samuel r stars pocket like grains sand language change alien languages ff several works sf linguistics rather sf works delany samuel r jewel hinged jaw notes language science fiction essays sentences work sf distinct kinds writing delany samuel r starboard wine notes language science fiction meyers walter e aliens linguists language study science fiction athens ga university georgia press 1980 scholarly work analyzing linguistics sf plausable frequent errors sf authors make talking linguistics examples good linguistics barnes myra edwards linguistics languages science fiction fantasy new york arno press 1975 geoff pullum essay lists things books nllt 6 2 1988 pp 283290 reprinted geoff book _ great eskimo vocabulary hoax _ 1991 chicago university chicago press pp 190200 list six sf novels featuring linguistics following works nt classified much linguistics made use linguistics typically using invented language brin david sundiver language change animal language dolphins clarke arthur c rendezvous rama animal language apes heinlein robert red planet alien language phonetics semantics stranger strange land alien language phonetics semantics shading mysticism moon harsh mistress future dialects english hoban russell ridley walker language change le guin ursula always coming home invented language semantics grammar etc left hand darkness invented language semantics orwell george 1984 invented language semantics sociolinguistics language thought tolkein j r r lord rings invented languages historical change writing systems womack jack terraplane language change dialect differences zelazny roger eye cat alien language short stories carr terry dance changer three best terry carr haldeman joe tangled web dealing futures humorous alien language haldeman joe anniversary project infinite dreams evolution human language heinlein robert gulf 6 x h superior language limits language murphy pat rachel love points departure animal language chimps robinson kim stanley translator universe 1 edited robert silverberg karen haber fresh look automatic translator sallis james attitude earth towards bodies full spectrum 2 edited lou aronica et al universal grammar williams walter jon surfacing facets alien grammar semantics poul anderson delenda est worlds maybe 1960s incorporated chapter recent anderson book someone undid second punic war carthage became major power europe anderson creates least two languages might celtic language semitic loanwords would used north america germanic language spoken tribes took italy power vacuum hal clement ocean top poul anderson tragedy errors _ long night _ tor planet new meaning words like friend slave business finally following copied sci lang faq frequently asked questions topic broader science fiction would likely err tried edit stories nt science fiction duplication list also nt tried edit stories novels involve linguistics markrose following list means exhaustive based james myers list books compiled last time subject came sci lang additions corrections welcome please suggest approximate category give publication date possible aliens linguists language study science fiction walter meyers 1980 contains general discussion lists works alien languages tlon uqbar tertius orbis ficciones jorge luis borges 1956 40000 gehenna c j cherryh babel17 samuel r delany 1966 flight dragonfly robert l forward 1984 haunted stars edmond hamilton inherit stars james p hogan omnilingual federation h beam piper contact carl sagan 1985 psychaos e p thompson martian odyssey sf hall fame stanley weinbaum 1934 rose ecclesiastes sf hall fame roger zelazny 1963 futuristic varieties english clockwork orange anthony burgess 1962 hellflower eluki bes shahar inheritors william golding 1955 moon harsh mistress robert heinlein 1966 riddley walker russel hoban 1980 1984 george orwell 1948 invented languages native tongue suzette haden elgin 1984 gameplayers zan foster gulf assignment eternity robert heinlein 1949 dune frank herbert 1965 klingon dictionary marc okrand 1985 voidcaptain tale norman spinrad lord rings j r r tolkien 195455 memorandum vaclav havel 1966 languages pao jack vance 1957 linguist heroes double negative david carkeet full catastrophe david carkeet pygmalion george bernard shaw 1912 poison oracle peter dickinson 1974 hands andrew rosenheim 1992 animal language watership richard adams tarzan apes edgar rice burroughs 1912 congo michael crichton use linguistic theory snow crash neal stephenson 1992 gulliver travels jonathan swift 1726 embedding ian watson 1973 ozark trilogy suzette haden elgin yonder comes end time suzette haden elgin troika incident james cooke brown 1969 loglan love tomorrow robert rimmer 1976 loglan etxemendi florence delay chomsky ref want wizard diane duane tongues moon philip jose farmer dispossessed ursula leguin 1974 nt 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