The Language Construction Kit edition by Mark Rosenfelder Reference eBooks
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Create plausible and realistic languages for RPGs, fantasy and science fiction, movies or video games, or international communication... or just learn about how languages work from an unusual, light-hearted perspective. The Language Construction Kit on zompist.com has helped a generation of conlangers to understand and create languages. It's expanded here with coverage of semantics and pragmatics, language families, writing systems, and sample wordlists, as well as an annotated sample grammar.
The Language Construction Kit edition by Mark Rosenfelder Reference eBooks
I recently decided to go insane and start up a conlang for my homebrew Dungeons & Dragons world. This book was among those highly cited and recommended by many sources, so I bought it. The book is good, and offers a lot of insight and information about creating your own language, *however* the explanations and examples provided are often far too lofty and over my head, as I am but a beginner at deconstructing and analyzing language. You can definitely tell that Mr. Rosenfelder is a language expert, and has been studying languages for years, because that's exactly how he explains it, from a collegiate level of understanding. There is little-to-no "dumbing it down" for the average reader who is just starting out at conlanging. That aside, this is still a very useful resource if you were simply looking for a naming convention for your fantasy world.Product details
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The Language Construction Kit edition by Mark Rosenfelder Reference eBooks Reviews
I ordered this book not because of a huge interest in RPGs or fantasy/sci-fi writing (which I admittedly don't have) but beacuse of my fascination with languages, real or constructed. I find this book to be pretty interesting and helpful. I must admit that I'm not a great linguist, and there are things in the book that I still don't quite follow, but I think it's one of the better books on language that I've seen.
I really like how Rosenfelder describes the sounds that are used in languages, and the sound changes that languages can undergo (and have undergone). I find it fascinating that sound changes are actually REGULAR (in "real" languages, anyway)! Some of the sounds I still have no idea how humans are able to produce! (I also think it's cool that he provided the chart of IPA symbols!)
Not only does this book show how language "works," but it can also aid you in creating your OWN language(s). I don't know if I'll ever invent a really good language, but I think Rosenfelder gives a lot of good ideas on language construction. Do you want your conlang to be really complex, with lots of elements from lots of other languages? Or do you want it to be relatively simple? However you want your conlang(s) to be, I think you'll find a lot of useful advice here.
Rosenfelder also discusses the more, well, "mental" aspects of language, like how what someone SAYS isn't always what they MEAN, how NOT saying something can actually say it (like when you ask someone a question and they give you an "answer" that doesn't really fit your question but suggests to you, intentionally or unintentionally, what the REAL answer is), and how the WAY that you say something can affect another person's reaction.
However, I'm not so fond of some of the example sentences that he uses. For a couple of examples, "The king is f***ing the girl? " "The girl who the king is f***ing likes my dog" Really, Mark? There are also other instances of "bad" language, but hopefully that and the fact that the book may not display much "diversity" in its example sentences won't bother you too much.
Although the book does, in my opinion, have some shortcomings, I would recommend it to those who are into fantasy/sci-fi writing and RPGs or to those who are, like me, more interested in languages (real or invented) and who aren't too prudish or too much of sticklers for "political correctness." (And remember, people Fantasy languages are just that --- fantasy languages. They should be fun --- they don't have to be treated as seriously as rocket science or brain surgery, or be intended for speakers of all "real" languages! I'm saying this because I think some people take conlanging TOO seriously!)
I am a complete novice entering into the world of Conlanging and this was my first purchase, I read his website online and found it fascinating and informative and wanted to go more into depth. There are a lot of things covered her that I'd never even heard of before. You don't really think about all the things that go into the language that you speak, but someone, somewhere has analyzed it, saw its rules, patterns, and gave it a name and grouped it with others like it. And this book does a fantastic job of explaining those concepts (some very complicated) in a practical way that makes it easy to transfer this information into creating one's own language. Its a riveting read and I am so excited to put it into practice.
The Language Construction Kit, online, is THE resource for "conlangers" (people who make up languages for fun and profit - but you knew that already). I personally can remember printing it out at least twice in my teens. (And holy HECK that was a lot of paper!) Every example mentioned for building your language (firmly based upon actual linguistic concepts - and yes, I think this is a good companion book for an intro to linguistics class) is given with examples from either real-world languages or from some of the author's own conlangs.
So why buy the book when you can get the kit for free?
Well, first off, if you've ever visited the LCK online, you should support the guy who created it. How? By buying the book.
Secondly - and somewhat more importantly - this isn't just a reprint of the online version. It's expanded (there's a whole new FASCINATING section on semantics, for example) and it's convenient to have on your desk.
So why only four stars?
No fault of the author's, but the formatting was a bit odd. Sometimes a section header would appear as the last line on a page, or a line would be spaced v e r y s t r a n g e l y, and that made it hard to read. The formatting issues are *not* his fault, but they *did* require me to re-read more often than I'd like because they made it hard to understand some things wherever they occurred.
I honestly thought I wouldn't get much out of this book, since I am definitely not a conlanging beginner. I just wanted to support the author since I LOVE their word generator and sound change applies.
However there are so many small little details and information stuffed into this book. It's been teaching me new info and helping me really perfect the basics. I highly recommend this for any skill level.
I recently decided to go insane and start up a conlang for my homebrew Dungeons & Dragons world. This book was among those highly cited and recommended by many sources, so I bought it. The book is good, and offers a lot of insight and information about creating your own language, *however* the explanations and examples provided are often far too lofty and over my head, as I am but a beginner at deconstructing and analyzing language. You can definitely tell that Mr. Rosenfelder is a language expert, and has been studying languages for years, because that's exactly how he explains it, from a collegiate level of understanding. There is little-to-no "dumbing it down" for the average reader who is just starting out at conlanging. That aside, this is still a very useful resource if you were simply looking for a naming convention for your fantasy world.
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