The languages, based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series, were created by linguist David Peterson ... Tickets for the event, which is co-sponsored by the CU Linguistics Club and the Department of ...

The story of that first alphabet has long been a mystery, but over the past 25 years we have made enormous progress towards pinpointing when and where it was invented. Most astonishing ...

Now, fans can learn more about the magic behind all those invented words and phrases by immersing themselves in the history of constructed languages. Starting this January, the UC Santa Cruz ...

Joshua Whatmough, professor of Comparative Philology, Emeritus, and former chairman of the Department of Linguistics, died Saturday at the age of 67 in his home in Winchester. His death meant the ...