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- Fictional redirects here. For the german band, see Fictional (band)
Fiction (from the Latin fingere, "to form, create") is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. A large part of the appeal of fiction is its ability to evoke the entire spectrum of human emotions: to distract our minds, to give us hope in times of despair, to make us laugh, or to let us experience empathy without attachment. Fictional works—novels, stories, fables, fairy tales, films, comics, interactive fiction, cartoons, video games, Anime—may be partly based on factual occurrences but always contain some imaginary content. The term is also often used synonymously with literature and more specifically fictional prose. In this sense, fiction refers only to novels or short stories and is often divided into two categories, popular fiction (e.g., science fiction or mystery fiction) and literary fiction (e.g., Victor Hugo or William Faulkner).
Fiction is largely perceived as a form of art and/or entertainment, although not all fiction is necessarily artistic. Fiction may be created for the purpose of educating, such as fictional examples used in school textbooks. Fiction is also frequently instrumentalized by propaganda and advertising. Fiction may be propagated by parents to their children out of tradition (e.g. Santa Claus) or in order to instill certain beliefs and values. Fables with an explicit moral goal are not necessarily targeted at children, however. Fiction may over time blend with factual accounts and develop into mythology. Many atheists perceive religion as no different from any fictional tale, whereas members of religious groups typically explain their beliefs with faith and/or historical figures/events; and claim they are fundamentally different from fictional tales (although they may call other religious views fictional). The sociological school of constructivism argues that every view of reality is fundamentally a construction of the self and that a safe distinction between fact and fiction is impossible, whereas the philosophy of naturalism holds that reality can be approximated and truth can be demonstrated through usefulness, allowing the distinction from fiction.
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I favorited a YouTube video -- Rehab Center for Fictional Characters http://youtu.be/MboeozTBgD8?a
RocAnthony (Anthony Timberlake) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:44:55 -0000
I favorited a YouTube video -- Rehab Center for Fictional Characters http://youtu.be/MboeozTBgD8?a
I do not suggest getting emotionally attached to fictional characters in a tv show.
AJota_88 (AJ McArthur) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:41:18 -0000
I do not suggest getting emotionally attached to fictional characters in a tv show.
i think i have a problem, is it weird to like fictional characters but not like real people? Yes? Hmmm, i thought so, time to talk to Caro.
keritaj (Keri Jackson) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:40:58 -0000
i think i have a problem, is it weird to like fictional characters but not like real people? Yes? Hmmm, i thought so, time to talk to Caro.
@NattyNiGhT you shd wear @JdotOdot fictional line of @OISD5Emcees hoodies or @BXUbervillain aviator/hoodie combo..lol
TastyKeish (Keisha Dutes) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:38:35 -0000
@NattyNiGhT you shd wear @JdotOdot fictional line of @OISD5Emcees hoodies or @BXUbervillain aviator/hoodie combo..lol
Photo: My favorite fictional characters ever! http://tumblr.com/xxr520mma
annaJpravdica (Anna Pravdica) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:30:28 -0000
Photo: My favorite fictional characters ever! http://tumblr.com/xxr520mma
On other other hand, he's married and his wife scares me. Also, fictional. Curse my foul luck.
ksmccarthy24 (Kathleen McCarthy) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:28:58 -0000
On other other hand, he's married and his wife scares me. Also, fictional. Curse my foul luck.
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A Guide to Merilareth - Information on a constructed language made by Chris Rohan, also features information on his fictional world.
A Review of the Toki Pona Planned Language - A critical review of the Toki Pona constructed language.
Amman Iar - David Bell's personal conlang designed to fit his own linguistic and aesthetical preferences.
An Introduction to KÄ“len - An attempt by Sylvia Sotomayor to create a non-human language, one that violates language universals.
Argtxep: Concept of the Citadel - Texts, images and MP3 files of Silarg (constructed language) and Argpal (writing).
Babyish - An encyclopedia article on Babyish, including sections on grammar and examples.
Baronh - Constructed language derived in part from Japanese in Morioka Hiroyuki's book Seikai no Monshou.
Constructed Languages - Languages of Andal, Old Hyksos and Skerre from Boudewijn Rempt.
Da Mätz se Basa: A Lost Germanic Language - A constructed, fictional, aposteriori language based on Modern High German with many influences from Afrikaans, Indonesian, Mandarin, and other natural languages.
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Danovën - History, outside influences, questions and answers, phonology (with audio files), grammar, and translations.
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Elet Anta - The language of a secretive subculture of the British Isles, created by John Fisher.
Esata - A new International Personal Language - Esata is a compromise between English and other world languages.
Etrer'aous - Learn how to speak Etrer'aous, a language with simple grammar.
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Feorran Grammar - Antarctic language created by Brad Coon, with ethnographic material.
Fukhian - Fukhian is a constructed, fictional language. It is an agglutinating human language which is totally regular, also featuring a unique script. The language is inspired by Finnish, Turkish, Arabic and Devanagari.
Geoff's Artificial Languages - The conlangs of Breathanach and The Liotan languages family created by Geoff Allan Eddy.
Gotish Tongue - An attempt to recreate an extinct fourth-century language, also known as Gothic.
inif Koderkka - The site for the Codex and their fictional conlang (and a little of their world) of Post-Apocalyptic earth. Includes grammar, word list, greetings, updates on their world and conlang etc...
Meta Description: [ The official site of Jean... a philospher, writer, linguist, and politician. ]
Irsonos - Towards a quantum language of non-differentiation - the rheomode linguistic concept developed by David Bohm.
Jameld - A fictional Germanic language, with accompanying culture and country, created by James Campbell.
Language Creation - Describes creating languages as a hobby, includes samples of created languages, with much of the content also available in PDF files.
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Language of the Dead - Glossary adapted from Stephen King's novels.
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Languages in Bergonia - Grammar, phonology and scripts for two artificial languages, Nacateca (based loosely on Central American languages) and Minidun.
Láadan - Created by Suzette Haden Elgin and used in her novels, this language explores gender roles and perceptions.
Meta Description: [ Suzette Haden Elgin is a writer, artist, linguist, poet, verbal self-defense trainer, and grandmother, publishes the Linguistics & Science Fiction newsletter, and is the source for Láadan info. ]
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Lipu'onai: A Model Language - Learn Lipu'onai, a fictional conlang, and see different Lipu'onai language resources. A free email course is availiable.
Mark Rosenfelder's Metaverse - The authors site on the conlang he has created and links to other resources.
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Moutopia - Homepage of Karl Jahn, with a languages and linguistics section. Includes Dha-Patu, Maldekan, and Contraterran.
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Nirdaen - A fusional conlang with its own script and history, authored by Reinhart Keim.
Meta Description: [ Nirdaen constructed language - conlangs,
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O Dananxao - The Danan Language - Danan is a synthetic and creative language which is designed to be an aesthetic natural language fake which thrives on ambiguity. Includes grammar, texts and dictionaries.
Planet Nazaea Series - Fictional world based on Startrek culture with conlangs developed by the author.
Qþyn|gà i: A Polysynthetic Language - A constructed, fictional language with polysynthetic grammar, no irregularities and only one open lexical class.
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Riddley Walker - Discusses the devolved form of English in the novel by Russell Hoban.
Short Grammar of the Hattic Language - Hattic is a member of a fictional Kentum branch of Indo-European, created by Jan van Steenbergen.
Speaking in Tongues - Description of two constructed languages, Clalia and Fergiatuya.
Talumena - A language of The Known Passing World, or Lennura in the language of a people called the Eräni.
Taneraic - The hermetic language of Javant Biarujia, including lessons, translations, structure and also a web based forum to discuss the language.
Meta Description: [ Taneraic, the hermetic language of Javant Biarujia ]
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Ted Kloba's Conlang Page - Contains a description of the artlang Gaciça, and a museum of constructed writing systems.
Teonaht - The language of the Teonim people, created by Sally Caves.
Tepa Reference Grammar - A language and culture created by Dirk Elzinga, patterned after the native languages of Utah.
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The Adúlad Language Site - A site describing the conlang Adúlad, including grammar, dictionary, phonology, syntax, a specialised syllabary, and examples of writing.
The Gevey Language Resource - Gevey is a language spoken in the continent Ewlah on planet Kallieda, by Rik Roots.
The Language Page - A collection of fictional and experimental languages created by Herman Miller.
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The Tymru Language - Scholarly written language of the Aeryn Imperium or Martin M. Conrad II.
The Uqoi Language - Alien language created for a race called Zhoo'oonaiï.
Tokana Reference Grammar - Tokana also known as Sul Tokana is a model language, an invention of Matthew Pearson.
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Toki Pona - Toki Pona is a constructed language that favors simplicity over clarity. Includes lessons and a dictionary.
Meta Description: [ Toki Pona,simpe language, minimalistic language, easy to learn, ]
Toki Pona - A minimal language which emphasizes a positive way of looking at the world. Site also in Esperanto.
Meta Description: [ Toki Pona is a cute, simple language that sheds insight on the universal way of life ]
Toki Pona Language - A description of Toki Pona, including phonology, syntax and vocabulary.
TRD's Conlangs - Description of the author Tommaso R. Donnarumma's conlangs, Streich, Len-qic, Anawanda, Kluna, Gwalan, Ishtalo, Tymlk and Arden.
Meta Description: [ A short description of the Author's conlangs, with links to available documents. ]
Tundrian Language - A variety of Romance spoken on an island west of France. Phonology, spelling, grammar, English-Tundrian dictionary, and texts.
Vorlin Language - S. Amposta's additions and translations to Vorlin.
Wede:i - An agglutinative language created by Mark Rosenfelder, includes history and a script.
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