Senior Project Advisor
Virginia Dawson
Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Fall 2024
Keywords
Linguistics, Conlang, Constructed Language, Short Story, Sapphic, LGBT, WLW, Language Contact, Pidgin
Abstract
Káma Means Hello is a short story about language contact. It follows two young women from different cultures who speak different languages and unexpectedly meet each other after one is driven from her home. In lieu of using real-world languages with real-world cultural connotations, the two main characters speak two different constructed languages, and the narrative both examines language contact from a technical standpoint and tells the gay love story of two women meeting behind their families' backs. Káma Means Hello was a passion project of the author, who is both a lesbian and a linguist. The appendix of the story discusses how the two languages were made and why one would construct a language to begin with.
Department
Linguistics
Recommended Citation
Knepp, Alexandra, "Káma Means Hello" (2024). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 905.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/905
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf