With principal photography in full swing, now seemed like a good time to talk about HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy tale, A Game of Thrones, and the steps they are taking to give ...

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 ...

There is solid evidence (see this and this), that bilinguals exhibit different personality traits in different languages. However, it is much more accurate to note that it’s not language that makes ...

Fans of Game of Thrones now know the character of Daenerys Targaryen (played by Emilia Clarke) has truly arrived. Sure, the erstwhile heir to the Iron Throne has already eaten a horse’s heart raw, ...

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 ...

It’s a Game of Tongues. Over-the-top costumes, epic battle scenes and maniacally evil villains are part and parcel of everyone’s favorite series and film franchises. But for a few super cool nerds, no ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. J.R.R. Tolkien began writing The Fall of Gondolin while on medical leave from World War I, 100 years ago this ...

Imagine a world where machines not only solve problems but also create their own secret ways of communicating—languages that humans can’t fully understand. It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie, ...

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, ...