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Zaum

Zaum (Russian: за́умь, lit. 'transrational') 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…

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Created by
Aleksei Kruchenykh
Date
1910s
IETF
art-x-zaum (private use)
ISO 639-3
qmz (private use)
Purpose
artistic languagesZaum · Zaum
Setting and usage
Poetic experimentation

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Zaum

Nodes62
Edges61
Triples77
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032258
Components1

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related to References · 26
Zaum → Aleksei, Anna Lawton, Avant-Garde Visual Experiments, Bloomsbury, Declaration, Gerald, Herbert Eagle, ISBN, Janecek, London, New Academia Publishing, Press, Princeton, Princeton University Press, Revolution, Russian Futurism, Russian Futurist Manifestoes, Russian Literature, San Diego, San Diego State University
related to External links · 25
Zaum → Archived, Brian ReedArticle, Chapter Nine, Cyrillic KOI8-R, Janecek, Khlebnikov, Language, Laskewicz, Meaning, Meaning Without Words, Mnatsakanova, Musical Understanding, PressLecture, Purin, Russian, Russian FuturismJanecek's Zaum, Ry Nikonova, Samizdat, San Diego State University, Serge Segay
related to Etymology and meaning · 11
Zaum → According, Coined, Declaration, Esperanto, Gerald Janecek, He, Kruchenykh, Russian, Such, Transrational Language, Word
related to Usage · 3
Zaum → Aleksei Kruchenykh, He, Kruchenykh
Purpose · 2
Zaum → artistic languagesZaum, Zaum
is a · 2
Zaum → language organized through phonetic analogy and rhythm, non-referential phonetic entity with its own ontology
Created by · 1
Zaum → Aleksei Kruchenykh
Date · 1
Zaum → 1910s
IETF · 1
Zaum → art-x-zaum (private use)
ISO 639-3 · 1
Zaum → qmz (private use)

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language kruchenykh poetry russian meaning aleksei literature phonetic poetic khlebnikov avant-garde за created usage word theory movement visual janecek transrational

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ZaumCreated byAleksei Kruchenykh1.00infobox
ZaumDate1910s1.00infobox
ZaumIETFart-x-zaum (private use)1.00infobox
ZaumISO 639-3qmz (private use)1.00infobox
ZaumPurposeartistic languagesZaum1.00infobox
ZaumPurposeZaum1.00infobox
ZaumSetting and usagePoetic experimentation1.00infobox
ZaumWriting systemCyrillic script1.00infobox
Zaumis anon-referential phonetic entity with its own ontology0.90text
Zaumis alanguage organized through phonetic analogy and rhythm0.90text
Velimir Khlebnikovinstance ofare the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian Cubo-Futurist poets0.80text
Aleksei Kruchenykhinstance ofare the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian Cubo-Futurist poets0.80text

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