In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...

David J. Peterson, the language creator for HBO's Game of Thrones, explains how to go about creating a fictional language. David breaks down how he constructed the Dothraki and Valyrian languages, and ...

Dothraki language creator, David Peterson is teaching a course at U.C. Berkeley Students will create their own Game of Thrones themed languages s Move over Klingon—a new language created especially ...

When filmmakers need an original language--one that has never been heard before--they turn to conlangers. “Conlang means constructed language,” explains David Peterson in a segment for the Academy of ...

From the earliest cave paintings to modern-day novels, from poetry to speeches and impassioned letters to music lyrics, we have used words and symbols to express our inner thoughts, interpret our ...