Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Paul Frommer: Creating A Language
Season 2013 Episode 25 | 3m 48s
Paul Frommer invents a language for a popular movie & teaches it to people in blue make-up
Paul Frommer is a linguist and professor at the University of Southern California. Away from the classroom, Paul created a new language - Na'vi - that is used in the most popular movie in the history of forever, James Cameron's "Avatar." Paul continues to "curate" the language for the many people around the world who find it fascinating even outside the movie theatre.
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Funding for The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers is provided by Winton Capital.
Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Paul Frommer: Creating A Language
Season 2013 Episode 25 | 3m 48s
Paul Frommer is a linguist and professor at the University of Southern California. Away from the classroom, Paul created a new language - Na'vi - that is used in the most popular movie in the history of forever, James Cameron's "Avatar." Paul continues to "curate" the language for the many people around the world who find it fascinating even outside the movie theatre.
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