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Link: The Pleasures of Deviant Language in Fantastika
Here's an awesome article by John H. Stevens on the invention of words, naming, etc. in fantastika. He identifies several "pleasures" that we encounter when dealing with these words - my favorite was "the pleasure of struggle." Go check it out!
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