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Klingon Rock Star Emerges
- Jenny Uselis became a Klingon rock star after performing in a Klingon Christmas Carol and singing pop songs in Klingon.
- Her album and concerts in full Klingon costume gained a positive internet response and a devoted audience.
Tolkien Reveals Language-Culture Link
- J.R.R. Tolkien pioneered the idea that fictional languages reveal deep insights about the cultures that speak them.
- Studying constructed languages like Elvish gives us new perspectives on how language reflects culture.
Klingon Language Creation Story
- Mark Okrand invented Klingon language with a unique object-verb-subject syntax to make it feel alien.
- Christopher Plummer's Shakespeare scene led to modifying Klingon grammar by turning a suffix into a verb for the phrase "to be or not to be."