On Nov. 29, 1931, J.R.R. Tolkien introduced the world to Middle-earth — the most important part of it, anyway. The Hobbit wouldn’t be published for six more years. The Lord of the Rings was still ...

You won't find a course in Elvish or Orkish listed in the Banner course catalog, but "Lord of the Rings" fans seeking an expert in J. R. R. Tolkien's invented languages need look no further than ...

Sure, you could learn a useful language like Chinese or Spanish, but why waste your time with that when you could learn a math language designed for extraterrestrials or the tongue of the angels ...

Linguistics is one of the degrees most often dragged through the mud for being “useless,” but The Lord of the Rings, one of the highest-grossing franchises of all time, might not have been possible, ...

A less-discussed aspect of Tolkien is the way he used constructed language in his writing. Tolkien is widely regarded as the most influential author on the fantasy genre...period. A less-discussed ...