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2020 Program Sessions

198. Linguistic Reimaginings in Speculative Fiction

8:30 AM–9:45 AM Jan 10, 2020 (US - Pacific)

WSCC - Yakima 2

Session Information

Presentations

1: Without Wor(l)ds: Language in and as World in Apocalyptic Fiction

Jenny Van Houdt, U of Washington, Seattle

2: Grammatical Anarchism: Speculative Linguistics and Ideology in Le Guin and Heinlein

Corey J. Frost, New Jersey City U

3: ‘My Name Is a Killing Word’: Dune and the Power of Language

Edward Royston, Pfeiffer U

4: The Fantastic Phenomenon of Previously Speculative Languages

Rhona Trauvitch, Florida International U

Presider

Anja Mueller-Wood, Johannes Gutenberg U Mainz

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