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Parma Eldalamberon ... The
Book of Elven Tongues ... is a journal of
linguistic
studies of fantasy literature, especially of the Elvish languages and
nomenclature
in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. It is published at irregular intervals
as
sufficient material becomes available.
By special arrangement with Christopher
Tolkien and with
the permission of the Tolkien Estate, previously unpublished material
from
the manuscripts of J.R.R. Tolkien have been published as special
editions
of Parma Eldalamberon.
PARMA
ELDALAMBERON No.12
Qenyaqetsa
The Qenya
Phonology and
Lexicon
by
J.R.R.Tolkien
edited by
Christopher Gilson, Carl F.
Hostetter, Patrick
Wynne, and Arden R. Smith
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Parma
Eldalamberon No.12 - 2nd Impression - 2003
Issue 12 is Currently
Out of Print
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Parma Eldalamberon Issue
No.12 contains the "Qenya
Lexicon" in its entirety.
This is a dictionary of the language of the Elves of Tol Eressea
as created by J.R.R. Tolkien. It is organized
by roots,
related words being grouped together under a
designation
of the sounds that they share due to their
relationship.
Thus, for example, the Qenya words alda 'tree', aldea 'tree-shadowed', aldeon
'avenue of
trees', alalme 'elm
(tree)',
and almo, aldamo 'the broad of
the back
from shoulder to shoulder', are all given under the
root ALA 'spread'. Excerpts from the Lexicon were published in
the Appendices to The Book of Lost Tales,
those items that
threw light on the names of people and places
in the
Lost Tales. This edition includes the whole
dictionary, which
runs to about 600 roots and over 3000 entries.
In his remarks
about the Lexicon,
Christopher Tolkien said,
"Some early phonological description does exist
for Qenya, but this became through later
alterations
and substitutions such a baffling muddle (while the material
is in any case intrinsically extremely complex) that I have been
unable to make use of it." (LT1, p. 247.) This
description,
called "The Sounds of Qenya", is also extremely interesting, as it traces the
phonological development of the language from
its origins in
primitive Eldarin. Because of the light it
throws on both
the Qenya
Lexicon and the Gnomish Lexicon, we have
included this
Qenya Phonology in Parma Eldalamberon
No.12.
The Qenya
Lexicon entries are fully
cross-referenced to
both The Book of Lost Tales and to the Gnomish Lexicon (I-Lam
na-Ngoldathon, published in Parma
Eldalamberon No. 11). Both the Phonology
and
Lexicon, to which J.R.R. Tolkien gave the overall title of Qenyaqetsa,
are presented
with editorial commentary on changes made in the manuscript,
and the relation of this linguistic work to Tolkien's other contemporary stories, poems, and drawings.
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Eldalamberon is sold on a per-issue basis.
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A retrospective collection of
cover art, title
pages and other
illustrations by artists
Patrick Wynne and
Adam Christensen
appear in the Eldalamberon
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