tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 04 07:07:54 2011
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RE: Newcomer
Lisa,
Welcome to the list.
The KLI's Klingon Language Certification Program (KLCP) is described by Arika Okrent in her book _In the land of invented languages: Esperanto rock stars, Klingon poets, Loglan lovers, and the mad dreamers who tried to build a perfect language_ (New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2009; cf. http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/ ).
IIRC there's an entire chapter devoted to her taking the certification test at the 2008(?) KLI qep'a' ("conference"). In fact, her growing involvement with tlhIngan Hol is the framing device for the book which examines the culture of artificial languages and their speakers.
If you're interested, I can send you a brief bibliography of works by other graduate students in linguistics on the Klingon language movement off-list.
Qapla'!
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Lisa Tomecek-Bias
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 10:13 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Newcomer
>
> I apologize for not making an introduction in Klingon. I've only recently
> decided to take up the study of the language, so I am still grappling with
> the very basics. I am by avocation a long-time science fiction fan. My
> primary attraction to Star Trek is Things Klingon in general. Outside of
> any fandoms in which I participate, I am a graduate student (Rhetoric and
> Composition) currently finishing my Thesis at Texas State and ideally
> continuing on to a PhD program in the Fall of 2011. My research focuses
> primarily on identity formation and the effects of language, the visual
> ideograph, and popular culture on identity.
>
> I have tendered my application and fee for membership in the KLI and look
> forward to interacting with this group in the future. I am particularly
> interested in the process by which one studies for and becomes certified in
> the language and the ability to engage an avid population of fans and
> scholars.
>