Zaum
Sign in to save'''''' () are the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian Cubo-Futurist poets such as Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh. Zaum is a non-referential phonetic entity with its own ontology. The language consists of neologisms that mean nothing. Zaum is a language organized through phonetic analogy and rhythm. Zaum literature cannot contain any onomatopoeia or psychopathological states.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Zaum
- Language.familycolor
- Constructed language
- Language.image
- Zangezi.jpg
- Language.imagealt
- A hand-painted book cover in black over yellowed paper. On top, handwritten "велемір хлебников" . On the center over curves resembling plant stalks, "Зангези". On the bottom left, "москва 1922". On the bottom right, "П.М.".
- Language.imagecaption
- Khlebnikov's book (1922)
- Language.fam1
- constructed languages
- Language.fam2
- artistic languages
- Language.creator
- Aleksei Kruchenykh
- Language.created
- 1910s
- Language.setting
- Poetic experimentation
- Language.script
- Cyrillic script
- Language.iso3
- qmz (private use)
- Language.ietf
- art-x-zaum (private use)
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- Usage
- Etymology and meaning
- Major zaumniks
- Notes
- References
- External links
'''''' () are the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian Cubo-Futurist poets such as Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh. Zaum is a non-referential phonetic entity with its own ontology. The language consists of neologisms that mean nothing. Zaum is a language organized through phonetic analogy and rhythm. Zaum literature cannot contain any onomatopoeia or psychopathological states.
== Usage == Aleksei Kruchenykh created Zaum in order to show that language was indefinite and indeterminate.
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