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 ====== J.R.R. Tolkien ======
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 **John Ronald Reuel Tolkien** was a philologist who worked at the University of Leeds and the University of Oxford...and he was also a writer. Though you're likely aware of that last bit.\\
 Following his death, his son Christopher Tolkien started editing and releasing his unfinished writings.
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 Writing was essentially his hobby.\\
 This is something I'm noting specifically because of comparisons to Mr. Martin.((:fn:>The author of the Song of Ice & Fire books. Some people compare Tolkien to Martin as a means of excusing Martin's failure to finish his story...but when you consider that Martin's full-time job is writing, while Tolkien's was not...and the books that he //did// release //were// finished...yeah, the comparison actually makes Martin look much worse.))
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 ===== Personal Evaluation =====
 I do really admire Tolkien, though I must admit that until fairly recently I didn't have much personal experience with his writings. However...that's not stopping me.
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     * Carl F. Hostetter explains this in //“Elvish as She Is Spoke”//,((:fn:>I'll add a link to it later.)) but it's essentially just the creation of a //historical grammar//. Though my knowledge of linguistics is //very// poor because I don't know what that is.
     * As far as I understand it, what Tolkien was doing was using a method to describe a //real// language just that he was using it to //make// a language. And this method just so happens to be one where verbs and syntax are at the //end//. If you're familiar with Tolkien, you'll probably feel //some// kind of pain because now you //know//.
-      * I'm saying this because it contrasts with the <abbr>LCK [Language Construction Kit]</abbr> method(s) that dominate now. Those methods are concerned with producing a language ex-nihilo using methods explicitly for language construction, whilst Tolkien was using a method for language //description//.
+      * I'm saying this because it contrasts with the <abbr "Language Construction Kit">LCK</abbr> method(s) that dominate now. Those methods are concerned with producing a language ex-nihilo using methods explicitly for language construction, whilst Tolkien was using a method for language //description//.
   * I recently read [[https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2566&context=mythlore|this]] which I will incorporate somewhat into this article...because I agree with the conclusion here, somewhat and I think I can put it into my own words.