[PAR] [TLE] J. R. R. Tolkien [SEP] John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, ( ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", and "The Silmarillion". [PAR] [TLE] David Salo [SEP] David I. Salo is a linguist who worked on the languages of J. R. R. Tolkien for the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, expanding the Elvish languages (particularly Sindarin) by building on vocabulary already known from published works, and defining some languages that previously had a very small published vocabulary.  In 2003, he was a graduate student in linguistics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
[PAR] [TLE] J. R. R. Tolkien [ SEP ] John Ronald Reuel Tolkien , ( ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973 ) was an English writer , poet , philologist , and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high - fantasy works " The Hobbit " , " The Lord of the Rings " , and " The Silmarillion " . [PAR] [TLE] David Salo [ SEP ] David I. Salo is a linguist who worked on the languages of J. R. R. Tolkien for the " Lord of the Rings " film trilogy , expanding the Elvish languages ( particularly Sindarin ) by building on vocabulary already known from published works , and defining some languages that previously had a very small published vocabulary . In 2003 , he was a graduate student in linguistics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison .
Who was the linguist who expanded on languages initially developed by the author of "The Hobbit"?
Who was the linguist who expanded on languages initially developed by the author of " The Hobbit " ?
David I. Salo
David I. Salo