Feb. 3, 2011
Na'vi: Sprechen sie? Habla? Parlez-vous?
Paul Frommer
Linguist Paul Frommer will talk about his work on James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster movie, Avatar, in a Feb. 3 lecture. "Giving Avatar its Voice: Creating the Na'vi Language," will begin at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall, and is free and open to the public. Frommer, a professor at the University of Southern California and Hollywood consultant, developed new languages for both Avatar and Disney's upcoming film, John Carter of Mars. His presentation is the Quentin Johnson Lecture in Linguistics, and the first lecture in this year's national affairs series on innovation. Photo courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox.
