Christopher J. Hill: Writer

An Introduction

Language and writing have been my passion for countless years; whether high-fantasy fiction, non-fiction or poetry, I greatly enjoy working with language, English and German.

Over many years, I studied language and how to use it; not at university but through long hours of private research into linguistics and reading, feedback from family, friends and teachers. Although I wasn't fond of grammar in the beginning, once I learned how to use it, understood its meaning, I began to appreciate it greatly: an entirely new world opened then.

I have always been a writer, a storyteller, whether interested in grammar or not; the analytic side of my research joined in later. I began to learn Gàidhlig and French although I am in no way fluent in either; later I began to look into Icelandic, Ancient Greek and Finnish.

Gàidhlig was, however, the first of these alien languages that has fascinated me ever since I heard it during one of those road-trips to Edinburgh; it wasn't just the strange sound, it was its positively strange, unfamiliar, new grammar that intrigued me! Ultimately different from English or German, or French, for that matter, I chose Gàidhlig as a first model for my own languages.

Since I have developed several composed or constructed languages for my prose project. One day, I hope to publish this work, including the languages as part of the background fabric of the histories, philosophies, cultures and ethics of my epic high fantasy fiction world!

Christopher J. H.

Screenwriter, Poet & Author

-- The Linguistic Mind --

An Introduction

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