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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

1 4.5
A British writer and language expert who wrote the fantasy books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
  • proper noun
  • /dʒɒn ˈrɒnəld rʊˈɛl ˈtɒklɪn/
: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
  • Many consider John Ronald Reuel Tolkien to be the father of modern fantasy literature.

Examples

  • Did you know that John Ronald Reuel Tolkien created the languages of Middle-earth?

  • The works of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien have inspired generations of readers and writers alike.

  • John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was also a distinguished scholar of Old English and philology.

  • Many people admire John Ronald Reuel Tolkien for his imaginative storytelling.

  • John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was also a distinguished scholar of Old English and philology.

  • Many consider John Ronald Reuel Tolkien to be the father of modern fantasy literature.

  • The works of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien have inspired generations of readers and writers alike.

Synonyms

Tolkien
vsJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien
27 4.6

A British writer who wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

is the complete personal name instead of the single family name
J.R.R. Tolkien
vsJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien
4 6.0

A British writer who studied languages and created The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit

is the full personal name rather than an initialed form

Surface Forms

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien main

Morphology

John + Ronald + Reuel + Tolkien

This is a full proper name composed of individual given names and a surname; knowing the constituent names does not allow a learner to infer the biographical meaning (British philologist and fantasy author). Proper names are arbitrary labels whose referential information depends on prior world knowledge rather than compositional semantics, so the phrase is not transparently interpretable by a B1 learner.

Etymology

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a British scholar who loved old languages and old stories. He used his knowledge of ancient words and maps to build the rich world of Middle-earth in books like 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings', so his name now often stands for 'the father of modern fantasy'.