David J. Peterson. The art of language invention: From horse-lords to dark elves, the words behind the world-building

Gobbo, Federico

doi:10.1075/lplp.41.2.13gob

Review published In: Language Problems and Language Planning
Vol. 41:2 (2017) ► pp.214–216

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Book review

David J. Peterson. The art of language invention: From horse-lords to dark elves, the words behind the world-building

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Federico Gobbo | Universiteit van Amsterdam

Published online: 27 October 2017

https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.41.2.13gob

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