edward vajda
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WWU linguistics professor delves into J.R.R. Tolkien's languages
edward vajda 3mo ago
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J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginary languages - by Edward Vajda, WWU Linguistics Program director
edward vajda 5mo ago
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The Ket People
edward vajda 1y ago
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'The Mongol Impact on World History' - Ed Vajda, WWU
edward vajda 1y ago
Description
J.R.R. Tolkien, wildly popular for his authorship of the fantasy trilogy "The Lord of the Rings," was by profession an unprepossessing Medievalist and historical linguist. Edward Vajda, a professor in the Modern and Classical Languages Department at Western, discusses Tolkien's imaginary languages and how the author and linguist's extensive knowledge of world languages both ancient and modern lent itself to his creation of languages that add so much realistic depth to his fictional writing.
