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“Such a relief, to have a language with the right words”: Native Tongue and Women’s Language

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From Pravic to Palp-Semaphore: Seven Ingenious Languages in Speculative Fiction

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“Such a relief, to have a language with the right words”: Native Tongue and Women’s Language

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Five Books with Fictional Languages that Could Be Real

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Necessary Whimsy: Fun, Funny Books Featuring Feisty Ladies

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Five Books with Invented Languages

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Linguistics, Aliens, Dystopia: Suzette Haden Elgin’s Native Tongue

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“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

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