Comments on: Tolkien in the Spring http://www.michaellivingston.com/tolkien-in-the-spring/ Professor, Writer, Editor, Occasional Adventurer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Livingston http://www.michaellivingston.com/tolkien-in-the-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Michael Livingston Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:56:57 +0000 http://www.michaellivingston.com/?p=1052#comment-1518 As it happens, I build the class around Tolkien as a philologist, though I do try to keep the invented tongues to a minimum. So it's bonus points for correct identification of the roots of the Arkenstone! As it happens, I build the class around Tolkien as a philologist, though I do try to keep the invented tongues to a minimum.

So it’s bonus points for correct identification of the roots of the Arkenstone!

]]> By: Lawrence M. Schoen http://www.michaellivingston.com/tolkien-in-the-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 Lawrence M. Schoen Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:06:24 +0000 http://www.michaellivingston.com/?p=1052#comment-1500 I do hope you'll include some discussion of linguistics, and perhaps a glimpse at Quenya and Sindarin (and their differences). Bonus points for students who see the phonetics inherent in the Tengwar! I do hope you’ll include some discussion of linguistics, and perhaps a glimpse at Quenya and Sindarin (and their differences).

Bonus points for students who see the phonetics inherent in the Tengwar!

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