Dothraki language change - linguistic implications and paradigm shift in conlang studies

Dothraki language change - linguistic implications and paradigm shift in conlang studies

Constructed language has always been deemed as a tool of linguistic, unfit for academic study. This study discusses the merits of study conlangs, in particular, Dothraki from HBO's Game of Thrones, in which the language itself experience canonical language change as well as non-canonical langua...

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Main Author: Tan, Ian Jun
Other Authors: Scott Reid Moisik
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76540
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-765402019-12-10T12:57:38Z Dothraki language change - linguistic implications and paradigm shift in conlang studies Tan, Ian Jun Scott Reid Moisik School of Humanities DRNTU::Humanities DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics Constructed language has always been deemed as a tool of linguistic, unfit for academic study. This study discusses the merits of study conlangs, in particular, Dothraki from HBO's Game of Thrones, in which the language itself experience canonical language change as well as non-canonical language change through actor improvisation. Studying conlang also allows for metalinguistic observations on the fundamental logic behind language formation. Lastly, the paper discusses a shift in paradigm of the usage of conlangs by placing it into a Live Action Roleplaying (LARP) community to allow for a naturalistic environment for a language to grow whilst we observe it, yet, allowing researchers control to manipulate various factors that could potentially affect language change. Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies 2019-03-26T02:17:18Z 2019-03-26T02:17:18Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76540 en Nanyang Technological University 92 p. application/pdf
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DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics
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Tan, Ian Jun
Dothraki language change - linguistic implications and paradigm shift in conlang studies
description Constructed language has always been deemed as a tool of linguistic, unfit for academic study. This study discusses the merits of study conlangs, in particular, Dothraki from HBO's Game of Thrones, in which the language itself experience canonical language change as well as non-canonical language change through actor improvisation. Studying conlang also allows for metalinguistic observations on the fundamental logic behind language formation. Lastly, the paper discusses a shift in paradigm of the usage of conlangs by placing it into a Live Action Roleplaying (LARP) community to allow for a naturalistic environment for a language to grow whilst we observe it, yet, allowing researchers control to manipulate various factors that could potentially affect language change.
author2 Scott Reid Moisik
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author Tan, Ian Jun
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title Dothraki language change - linguistic implications and paradigm shift in conlang studies
title_short Dothraki language change - linguistic implications and paradigm shift in conlang studies
title_full Dothraki language change - linguistic implications and paradigm shift in conlang studies
title_fullStr Dothraki language change - linguistic implications and paradigm shift in conlang studies
title_full_unstemmed Dothraki language change - linguistic implications and paradigm shift in conlang studies
title_sort dothraki language change - linguistic implications and paradigm shift in conlang studies
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