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An Analysis of Selected Languages by J. R. R. Tolkien
PEŠKOVÁ, Martina
This dissertation explores the problematics of the constructed languages. The function of the languages which are represented not only in literature is defined and clasified in the theoretical part. The main topic is focused on the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, who created a whole world based on them and introduced them in his work such as Silmarillion, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, et cetera. Therefore, the practical part is aimed at his two specific languages - Sindarin and Quenya, that he developed the most out of all the constructed languages. The individual analysis are focused on the description of the phonetic, morphological and lexical aspects.
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Fictional languages in literature
Jelínek, Jiří ; Hrdlička, Josef (advisor) ; Pokorný, Martin (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to introduce the so far ignored topic of fictional languages in literature. In the first part it focuses mainly on the function of the fictional languages in the literary works, and analyses the basic options of the fictional languages classification, based on whether they can be labeled as an independent work of art, as an autonomous part of a work, or as an instrument of the aesthetic function in the work. Furthermore, it divides the fictional languages in accordance to the way in which they take effect, either through the expression-form, through the expression- substance, through the content-form, or through the content-substance, taking the terminology from the Louis Hjelmslev's sign model. The second part consists of the analysis of the cases of fictional language usage in prose; these usages are grouped into three divisions. Languages, which help to create an invented world (and eventually add up to its authenticity), are represented by J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional languages. The dystopian languages include Newspeak from the novel Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, ptydepe and chorukor from the play The Memorandum by V. Havel, and "Moon Czech" from the prose The True Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the Moon by S. Čech. Fictional languages related to philosophy are...
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