They Grew out of their Name: Tolkien’s languages

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When:
March 1, 2019 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
2019-03-01T20:00:00+00:00
2019-03-01T21:30:00+00:00
Where:
Christ Church, Lecture Room 2
Christ Church
St Aldates
Cost:
£2
Contact:
The Oxford Tolkien Society
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Academic Linguistics Literature
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Chief Philologist of the Oxford English Dictionary Edmund Weiner will be presenting his talk, “Thew Grew out of their Name” to the Oxford Tolkien Society

Entry free for members, £2 for non-members

“Many words and names in Tolkien’s words seem to have had a complex inner history in his own mind. This talk will look at how Tolkien’s creative philological mind worked. It will be an unhasty ramble around Ent country, looking at names and topics of language construction and language theory, with even a quick visit to Humpty Dumpty!”