fictlang en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɪktˌlæŋ/
Etymology
Syllabic abbreviation of fictional language. By surface analysis, suffixed with -lang.
Meanings
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A fictional language; a constructed language originally created for a fictional setting.
Suzette Haden Elgin's La`adan fictlang has an evidential for facts revealed to the speaker in a dream.
2005 May 26, tomhchappell <tomhchappell@yahoo.com>, “Re: THEORY: Are commands to believe infelicitous?”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fictlangs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |