Linguists Collective Conference & International Mother Language Day IMLD Celebration
LC Conference & Celebration of International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2025
Friday, 21 February 2025
Creating Words that Work: Vocabulary Design in Artificial Auxiliary Languages
Dr Alan Reed Libert
Dr. Alan Reed Libert is an esteemed linguist with a distinguished academic career, currently serving as Honorary Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Khazar University, Azerbaijan. He holds a B.A. in Classical Languages from New York University and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from McGill University. Dr. Libert’s research spans artificial languages, word classes, and Turkic languages, and he has conducted fieldwork in regions such as Xinjiang and Crimea. With several influential books and extensive contributions to linguistic scholarship, he is a leading authority on constructed languages and their structure.
At the LC Conference and IMLD Celebration 2025, Dr. Libert will present “Creating Words that Work: Vocabulary Design in Artificial Auxiliary Languages.” A very large number of artificial languages have been created as international auxiliary languages to facilitate communication among speakers of different native languages. The design of vocabulary in these languages is a crucial aspect of their development. Radically different approaches have been taken in this regard, and in this talk, Dr. Libert will examine which vocabulary design strategies are effective and which may pose challenges. His discussion will offer insights into the theoretical and practical implications of constructing vocabulary in artificial languages.