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HBO’s Game of Thrones Fans who study or have a keen Interest in Linguistics

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HBO’s Game of Thrones Fans who study or have a keen Interest in Linguistics

Introduction

     The project will address a single facet in the HBO original television series, Game of Thrones.

The series contains 8 seasons with 73 episodes. The audience of concern in the project will be

the fans of this television series who study the linguistics of are genuinely interested in it. 

Methodology

     The relevant data that will be used in the project will be collected through the use of

electronic mail to the creator of the languages in the program, David Peterson, and other

members of the Language Creation Society, which he is a co-founder (Laskowski, 2017).

Additionally, there will be questionnaires that the Game of Thrones fans who are linguistics

students at the graduate, post-graduate, and doctorate levels or above. Finally, GoT fanatics who

have a keen interest in the specific aspect of imaginary terms will be interviewed as well. 

Research Question

     Can Game of Thrones fans who study linguistics or have an exceptional interest in languages

connect and communicate consistently enough to change one or more of the imaginary

vernaculars into a real-world micro-tribe with their own oral and written literature?

     The above is a valid question considering that the linguist who designed the made-up dialects

in the production can be reached to clarify how some phrases are spoken in 'Dothraki' of any of

the other languages in it (Merrefield, 2019). Similarly, the thousands of terms from this and other

imaginary GoT phrases such as "varla morghulis", 'High Valyrian ' for "all men must die" can

soon be used by specific eccentric groups of fans and fanatics. Thereby, the fantasy-novel-based

television drama's imaginary conversations may soon be integrated into their day-to-day

interactions and using recorded media.

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References

Laskowski, A. (2017, July 12). The Languages of Game of Thrones: CAS linguist on the origins

of Dothraki, Valyrian. Boston University Today. http://www.bu.edu/articles/2017/game-

of-thrones-languages/

Merrefield, C. (2019, May 3). What Game of Thrones tells us about ourselves: A GoT research

roundup? Journalist’s Resource. https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/game-of-

thrones-research-roundup/

Sperling, K. (2019, April 21). Game of Tongues -The Invented Languages in ‘Game of

Thrones’. Babbel Magazine. https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-invented-

languages-in-game-of-thrones