Glossophile

“Glossophiles” are in no way troubled by the reproduction ad infinitum of the same content, which others may find absurd. For such devotees, languages are love objects. They enjoy the associations between certain sounds and certain meanings; they appreciate diverse types of sentence structure; they love comparing words against subtle and varying semantic grids.

The task of fantastic linguistics is to locate the glossophiles in the wider context of knowledge by questioning why and how they failed to construct the authentic objects of the modern linguistics. By virtue of their out-of-placeness they illuminate the limits of scientific discourse by blurring and bypassing the boundary between science and fantasy.

“Red lips say something very positive about how you feel about yourself,” says makeup artist Sue Devitt. Indeed, it takes a bold, confident woman to step out in red lips. Unlike the clear glossophiles, the red-lipsticked among us will get noticed.