fictionalneolographic
Fictionalneolographic is an adjective used to describe vocabulary, naming practices, and lexical systems created for fictional worlds. The term denotes both the design craft of generating new words and the in-text deployment of those words to convey culture, technology, and history within a narrative.
Practitioners study and apply fictionalneolographic techniques to achieve plausibility and depth. Core concerns include phonotactics (sound
In worldbuilding and speculative fiction, fictionalneolographic devices serve communication, characterization, and social signaling. Names of peoples,
While closely related to constructed languages (conlangs), fictionalneolographic emphasis is typically broader and more pragmatic, focusing
See also: conlang, worldbuilding, linguistics of fictional languages.