by Suzette Haden Elgin · DAW · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 0071125004501
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«Native Tongue» is the science fiction novel by Suzette Haden Elgin, published by DAW in paperback (304 pages, in English).
In a future society that has stripped women of their rights, a group of linguists creates Láadan, a secret language to express their experience. Through its speakers, the novel addresses oppression, resistance, and the power of language to transform reality, turning an invented tongue into a political act.
The work belongs to the Native Tongue series; the original English edition was published in 1984 under the DAW imprint.
For science fiction readers interested in dystopias and language as a tool of power.
Suzette Haden Elgin was an American researcher in experimental linguistics, construction and evolution of languages and poetry and science fiction writer. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association and is considered an important figure in the field of science-fiction constructed languages. Her best-known non-fiction includes her Verbal Self-Defense series.
