It is a well-known fact that J.R.R. Tolkien’s training as a philologist had a very strong impact on his work as a creator of languages. This paper aims to identify the influence of Tolkien’s academic background in the field of linguistic studies on the creation of his Elvish languages. Taking into account Tolkien’s earliest works on Qenya (the first of the Elvish languages to be conceived) and based on our knowledge of Tolkien’s readings in linguistics and philology, the paper analyses some peculiar uses by Tolkien in describing the language and traces them back to their likely sources. The aim of the paper is twofold: on the one side, it hopes to show that this kind of source criticism can lead us to a better understanding of Tolkien’s con...
In his detailed accounts concerning Middle-earth and its inhabitants throughout various Ages of exis...
J. R. R. Tolkien is renowned for his famous works on the fictional world of Middle-Earth with his no...
As Tolkien himself asserted, his creative writing processes were fundamentally linguistic. They were...
It is a well-known fact that J.R.R. Tolkien’s training as a philologist had a very strong impact on ...
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings and other Middle Earth tales as\ud well as Oxford pr...
There have been several books and online articles and courses published on Tolkien’s\ud invented lan...
There have been several books and online articles and courses published on Tolkien’s invented langu...
J.R.R. Tolkien is most famous for the fantasy series The Lord of the Rings, but long before he began...
This thesis is an interdisciplinary study of Tolkien's writing, seeking to place his work within the...
J. R. R. Tolkien\u27s linguistic aesthetic as displayed in his invented languages, his use of hist...
The Adûnaic (or Númenórean) language was spoken by the Dúnedain, i.e. the Númenoreans, who were “hal...
In this paper, I am going to outline some driving forces and motives initiating the arduous task of ...
In the course of his life Tolkien explored his thoughts and feelings on the role of language-inventi...
Study of languages, names, and dialects may have been the greatest motivating factor in Tolkien\u27s...
"This thesis is a critical analysis of Tolkien's Elvish. This critical analysis is motivated in the ...
In his detailed accounts concerning Middle-earth and its inhabitants throughout various Ages of exis...
J. R. R. Tolkien is renowned for his famous works on the fictional world of Middle-Earth with his no...
As Tolkien himself asserted, his creative writing processes were fundamentally linguistic. They were...
It is a well-known fact that J.R.R. Tolkien’s training as a philologist had a very strong impact on ...
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings and other Middle Earth tales as\ud well as Oxford pr...
There have been several books and online articles and courses published on Tolkien’s\ud invented lan...
There have been several books and online articles and courses published on Tolkien’s invented langu...
J.R.R. Tolkien is most famous for the fantasy series The Lord of the Rings, but long before he began...
This thesis is an interdisciplinary study of Tolkien's writing, seeking to place his work within the...
J. R. R. Tolkien\u27s linguistic aesthetic as displayed in his invented languages, his use of hist...
The Adûnaic (or Númenórean) language was spoken by the Dúnedain, i.e. the Númenoreans, who were “hal...
In this paper, I am going to outline some driving forces and motives initiating the arduous task of ...
In the course of his life Tolkien explored his thoughts and feelings on the role of language-inventi...
Study of languages, names, and dialects may have been the greatest motivating factor in Tolkien\u27s...
"This thesis is a critical analysis of Tolkien's Elvish. This critical analysis is motivated in the ...
In his detailed accounts concerning Middle-earth and its inhabitants throughout various Ages of exis...
J. R. R. Tolkien is renowned for his famous works on the fictional world of Middle-Earth with his no...
As Tolkien himself asserted, his creative writing processes were fundamentally linguistic. They were...