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Works particularly relating to language or linguistics | Works particularly relating to language or linguistics. | ||
* Bersianik | * [[Louky Bersianik]]. ''[[L'Eugelionne]]'', translated as The Eugelion - among other things, an amazing satire, and a critique of the sexism of the French language. | ||
* Butler | * [[Octavia Butler]]. "[[Speech Sounds]]" | ||
* Candas Jane Dorsey. Black Wine. | * [[Raphael Carter]], "[[The Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation]]" (styled as an academic paper that uses linguistic studies, but the paper itself is not particularly about linguistics) | ||
* Suzette Haden Elgin's Native Tongue and Judas Rose | * Ted Chiang, "[[Story of Your Life]]" | ||
* | * [[Samuel R. Delany]], ''[[Babel-17]]'' | ||
* | * [[Candas Jane Dorsey]]. ''[[Black Wine]]''. | ||
* | * [[Suzette Haden Elgin]]'s ''[[Native Tongue]]'' and ''[[Judas Rose]]'' introduce [[Láadan]], a women's language, and a test of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. She also puts out a newsletter on linguistics and sf. | ||
* [[Monique Wittig]] and Sande Zeig. Lesbian Peoples: Material for a Dictionary (1979); originally published as Brouillon pour un Dictionnaire des Amantes (1976) | * [[Sheila Finch]], the Lingster stories | ||
* [[Janet Kagan]], ''Hellspark'' | |||
* [[Janet Kagan]], ''[[Uhura's Song]]'' | |||
* [[Rosemary Kirstein]]. [[The Language of Power]] | |||
* [[Naomi Mitchison]]. ''[[Memoirs of a Spacewoman]]'' (1962) (A travelling space explorer is a communicator with all sorts of other species.) | |||
* [[Joanna Russ]], "[[Useful Phrases for the Tourist]]" | |||
* [[Amy Thomson]]. ''[[The Color of Distance]]'' | |||
* [[Lisa Tuttle]], "The Cure" (language acquisition) | |||
* [[Connie Willis]], "Blue Moon" | |||
* [[Connie Willis]], "Spice Program" | |||
* [[Monique Wittig]]. ''[[Les Guerilleres]]'' (1971; originally published in French, 1969) | |||
* [[Monique Wittig]] and [[Sande Zeig]]. Lesbian Peoples: Material for a Dictionary (1979); originally published as Brouillon pour un Dictionnaire des Amantes (1976) | |||
==Further reading== | |||
* [[Tycho Garen]], [http://www.tychoish.com/2008/03/dont-get-it-right-get-it-read/ Don’t Get it Right, Get it Read], ''Tycoish'' (personal blog), 2008/3/30 | |||
[[Category:Linguistics in SF| ]] | |||
[[Category:Psychology and mind themes]] | |||
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:51, 7 June 2010
Works particularly relating to language or linguistics.
- Louky Bersianik. L'Eugelionne, translated as The Eugelion - among other things, an amazing satire, and a critique of the sexism of the French language.
- Octavia Butler. "Speech Sounds"
- Raphael Carter, "The Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation" (styled as an academic paper that uses linguistic studies, but the paper itself is not particularly about linguistics)
- Ted Chiang, "Story of Your Life"
- Samuel R. Delany, Babel-17
- Candas Jane Dorsey. Black Wine.
- Suzette Haden Elgin's Native Tongue and Judas Rose introduce Láadan, a women's language, and a test of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. She also puts out a newsletter on linguistics and sf.
- Sheila Finch, the Lingster stories
- Janet Kagan, Hellspark
- Janet Kagan, Uhura's Song
- Rosemary Kirstein. The Language of Power
- Naomi Mitchison. Memoirs of a Spacewoman (1962) (A travelling space explorer is a communicator with all sorts of other species.)
- Joanna Russ, "Useful Phrases for the Tourist"
- Amy Thomson. The Color of Distance
- Lisa Tuttle, "The Cure" (language acquisition)
- Connie Willis, "Blue Moon"
- Connie Willis, "Spice Program"
- Monique Wittig. Les Guerilleres (1971; originally published in French, 1969)
- Monique Wittig and Sande Zeig. Lesbian Peoples: Material for a Dictionary (1979); originally published as Brouillon pour un Dictionnaire des Amantes (1976)
Further reading
- Tycho Garen, Don’t Get it Right, Get it Read, Tycoish (personal blog), 2008/3/30