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Arika Okrent

Arika Okrent is a linguist and author of In The Land of Invented Languages. She writes about languag...

Jul 02, 2023 • Smithsonian Magazine

Arika Okrent: Speaking Klingon

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May 17, 2009 • Time

ARIKA OKRENT – In the Land of Invented Languages

Linguist ARIKA OKRENT writes “From an engineering perspective, language is kind of a disaster.” ...

Jul 12, 2009 • WHYY

Tracking Changes In English Language, Digitally

Linguists have relatively new tools to analyze the tiniest changes in language. Weekend Edition Sund...

Jun 30, 2013 • NPR

‘Our Highly Irregular Language’: A new book discussed by its author Arika Okrent

This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with linguist and author Arika Okrent to discuss her new boo...

Sep 23, 2021 • WGN Radio

A Chat With Arika Okrent

In her new book, “Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through and Dough Don’t Rhyme,” the linguist an...

Jun 25, 2021 • The New York Times

Tongues-in-cheek: Explore Esperanto, Klingon, other made-up languages

PHILADELPHIA - Arika Okrent was studying languages at the University of Chicago. The languages peopl...

Jun 26, 2010 • Missoulian

'In the Land of Invented Languages'

In the 1931 movie "Frankenstein," the mad Dr. Henry Frankenstein (played by French-born actor Colin ...

May 16, 2009 • SFGate

In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language

Efforts to make language simpler, clearer, less divisive and more truthful have backfired spectacula...

Sep 13, 2025 • Publishers Weekly

Visiting the land of invented languages

ListenArika Okrent reads about the disdain faced by Klingon speakers from 'In the Land of Invented L...

Nov 17, 2009 • MPR News