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Title
Dieva: A Constructed Language
Description
What is it like to create your own language? This creative project is an amalgamation of several paper, visual, and online media and is divided into two sections. The first section is the creation of an original fantasy constructed language ("conlang") called Dieva, including setting and background, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language rules, an alphabet and writing system, and vocabulary. The second section is an exercise in applied linguistics, wherein the conlang was shared with the public via media including an online Wikia.com webpage; figures including charts and a map; the development of classroom materials for a hypothetical Dieva language class such as introduction worksheets, practice worksheets, and quizzes on the alphabet and numbers; and a "linguistic challenge" logic puzzle. All materials were then shared with volunteers who gave feedback from a myriad of teaching and non-teaching as well as linguist and non-linguist points of view. Volunteers also attempted to take the quizzes and to solve the "linguistic challenge," and their feedback was integrated into the final versions of the language, worksheets, online webpages, and other work.
Date Created
2016-12
Contributors
- Lambert, Allison Mary (Author)
- Van Gelderen, Elly (Thesis director)
- Shinabarger, Amy (Committee member)
- School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor)
- Department of English (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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Extent
65 pages
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Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Series
Academic Year 2016-2017
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.42682
Level of coding
minimal
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- 2017-10-30 02:50:58
System Modified
- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 3 years 1 month ago
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