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Inside Language: Linguistic and Aesthetic Theory in Tolkien

By Ross Smith

Book information

Publisher
Walking Tree Publishers
Year
2007
ISBN
3905703068, 9783905703061
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5794283 bytes)
Series
Cormare Series 12
Pages
172\171
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Tolkien's views on language, though never published as a formalised theory, were in some aspects rather 'heretic' (to use Tom Shippey's term) and seemed to fly into the face of 'established' linguistic theory - most notably his conception of 'native (hereditary) language' and, related to it, the idea of 'linguistic aesthetic' and 'phonetic fitness'. Unfortunately, this aspect of Tolkien's linguistic work has, as yet, not received the attention it deserves and Ross Smith is one of the first Tolkien scholars to investigate the question of Tolkien's position on language vis-a-vis the then (and even now) dominant tenet(s) in some depth.

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