FUNCTIONS OF AN IMAGINARY LANGUAGE "SPEEDTALK" IN THE STORY BY R. HEINLEIN "GULF"
Skvortsov Vladimir Valer'evich
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
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.
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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