The Conlanger's Lexipedia

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Focusing on the art of word creation, this book offers essential insights into building a lexicon, starting with a comprehensive collection of etymologies from diverse languages. It encourages creativity beyond one's native language and provides strategies to avoid linguistic coding. Featuring a list of the 1500 most common words in fantasy and science fiction, it also includes relevant knowledge in biology, physics, and culture. With discussions on categories, metaphors, and derivation, this resource is valuable for conlangers and word enthusiasts alike.