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Arika Okrent
American linguist
Arika Okrent[1] is an American linguist and writer of popular works on linguistic topics.
Early life and education
Okrent was born in Chicago to parents of Polish and Transylvanian descent. She was fascinated by languages beginning at an early age, which is what made her pursue a career in linguistics.
After graduating from Carleton College in 1992,[2] she left for Hungary to teach there for a year.[3] She earned an M.A. in Linguistics from the Gallaudet University,[4] and a Ph.D.
in Psycholinguistics from the University of Chicago in 2004.[5]
Career
Okrent is known particularly for her 2009 book In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language, a result of her five years of research into the topic of constructed languages.[6][7] Her well-received 2021 book, Highly I