Splash Biography
MATTHEW GUREVITCH, ESP Teacher
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Major: Mathematics College/Employer: UChicago Year of Graduation: 2016 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Not Available. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)L1147: Constructing a Language in Splash! Fall 2013 (Oct. 05, 2013)
People invent new languages for all sorts of reasons. Star Trek uses Klingon to create the atmosphere for its fantasy universe, L. L. Zamenhof created Esperanto to attempt world peace, Suzette Elgin invented Láadan to guess how worldview changes language. This class will go through a couple of basic questions one should think about when trying out this hobby.
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