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FUNCTIONS OF AN IMAGINARY LANGUAGE “SPEEDTALK” IN THE STORY BY R. HEINLEIN “GULF”
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Vladimir Valer'evich Skvortsov
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
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Submitted:
June 25, 2014
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Abstract.
The article examines the functions of an imaginary language “speedtalk” in the poetics of the story by R. Heinlein “Gulf”, clarifies the meaning of the conceptions “artificial” and “imaginary” language. The paper provides examples of author’s original description of various characteristics of an imaginary language allowing creating in the work of literature a colourful image of a fantastic world and also analyzes the typical for linguistic fantasy motive of using the language for manipulating human consciousness.
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Key words and phrases:
научная фантастика
лингвистическая фантастика
искусственный язык
вымышленный язык
спидток
ence fiction
linguistic fantasy
artificial language
imaginary language
speedtalk
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