语言设计师的转折点是克林贡语(Klingon)。语言学家马克•奥克兰德(Marc Okrand)受聘为1984年上映的《星际迷航3:石破天惊》(Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)创造一门新语言(在《星际迷航》原版电视剧中,克林贡人主要说英语)。
Later came James Cameron’s science fiction extravaganza, Avatar. For that the director hired Paul Frommer, a linguistics expert from the University of Southern California, to create the Na’vi language spoken by a 10-foot-tall alien tribe.
之后是詹姆斯•卡梅隆(James Cameron)的科幻巨制《阿凡达》(Avatar)。卡梅隆聘请了美国南加州大学(University of Southern California)的语言学专家保罗•弗罗默(Paul Frommer),为片中10英尺高的外星人——纳威人(Na'vi)——创造一门纳威语。
Professor Frommer’s modus operandi includes determining the sound of the language (deciding which sounds are included and pronunciation rules); the morphology (word-building rules); and the syntax (rules for combining words into phrases and sentences). It was also important to plan how the Na’vi culture would be reflected in the language.
弗罗默教授的工作方法包括,确定该语言的发音(决定取用哪些音素,以及确定发音规则)、词形(构词法)以及句法(如何将词语组合为短语和句子)。在语言设计中将该语言对纳威文化的反映考虑进入,这也是很重要的一点。
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