Inventing Languages: A Practical Introduction
Author:   Carolina González (Florida State University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108836166


Pages:   402
Publication Date:   04 December 2025
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Author:   Carolina González (Florida State University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781108836166


ISBN 10:   110883616
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   04 December 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. What are constructed languages?; 2. World building; 3. Designing vowel inventories; 4. Designing consonant inventories; 5. From sounds to syllables; 6. Stress and tone; 7. The lexicon; 8. The morphology of nouns; 9. The morphology of verbs; 10. Word order; 11. Statements, questions and commands; 12. Negation and evidentials; 13. Complex sentences; 14. Writing systems; 15. Semantics and pragmatics; 16. Variation in space and time; 17. Language channels and modalities; 18. Wrapping up and moving forward; Appendix A: natlangs mentioned; Appendix B: conlangs mentioned.

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Carolina González is Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at Florida State University.

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