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科幻大片《阿凡达》已经在1月4日正式引进中国大陆，随之而来的观影热潮前所未有，影片中外星人的语言相信大家必定很好奇，导演詹姆斯卡梅隆为提升《阿凡达》故事真实性，找到语言学家，专为纳美人创造了一种自己的语言。南加州大学的语言学教授Paul Frommer就是那个创造纳美语的人。 The linguistics expert from the University of Southern California isthe brains behind the language used by James Cameron\'s 10-foot-tallalien tribe in the much-anticipated science fiction epic, Avatar。 "Jim Cameron\'s production department at Lightstorm Entertainment was looking for a linguist that would be able to help him develop an alienlanguage," explains Professor Frommer。 "At that time, it wasn\'teven called Avatar - it was project 880 - but the e-mail was forwarded to me and I saw it and jumped on it. I was very excited about it. Aweek or two later I was called in for a talk." The language enthusiast managed to persuade Cameron that he was the man to create afunctioning language for a story the director had dreamt up a decadeearlier. "I spent a wonderful 90-minutes with Jim and at the end of it he shook my hand and said \'welcome aboard,\'" says Professor Frommer。 《泰坦尼克号》大导演詹姆斯卡梅隆新作《AVATAR》(阿凡达/化身)中的主角便是潘多拉星球上的纳美外星人。为提升故事真实性，詹姆斯卡梅隆甚至找到语言学家，专为纳美人创造了一种自己的语言。 | 
