diff --git a/src/language/__tests__/parser-test.ts b/src/language/__tests__/parser-test.ts
index 34e9dff4b9..b3c4a6a417 100644
--- a/src/language/__tests__/parser-test.ts
+++ b/src/language/__tests__/parser-test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { kitchenSinkQuery } from '../../__testUtils__/kitchenSinkQuery.js';
 import { inspect } from '../../jsutils/inspect.js';
 
 import { Kind } from '../kinds.js';
+import type { ParseOptions } from '../parser.js';
 import { parse, parseConstValue, parseType, parseValue } from '../parser.js';
 import { Source } from '../source.js';
 import { TokenKind } from '../tokenKind.js';
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@ function parseCCN(source: string) {
   return parse(source, { experimentalClientControlledNullability: true });
 }
 
-function expectSyntaxError(text: string) {
-  return expectToThrowJSON(() => parse(text));
+function expectSyntaxError(text: string, options?: ParseOptions | undefined) {
+  return expectToThrowJSON(() => parse(text, options));
 }
 
 describe('Parser', () => {
@@ -73,6 +74,13 @@ describe('Parser', () => {
       message: 'Syntax Error: Expected Name, found String "".',
       locations: [{ line: 1, column: 3 }],
     });
+
+    expectSyntaxError('{ ""', {
+      experimentalParseStringLiteralAliases: true,
+    }).to.deep.include({
+      message: 'Syntax Error: Expected ":", found <EOF>.',
+      locations: [{ line: 1, column: 5 }],
+    });
   });
 
   it('parse provides useful error when using source', () => {
diff --git a/src/language/parser.ts b/src/language/parser.ts
index cd9345f6dd..aaf9d03694 100644
--- a/src/language/parser.ts
+++ b/src/language/parser.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,23 @@ export interface ParseOptions {
    * future.
    */
   experimentalClientControlledNullability?: boolean | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * EXPERIMENTAL:
+   *
+   * If enabled, the parser will understand and parse StringValues as aliases.
+   *
+   * The syntax looks like the following:
+   *
+   * ```graphql
+   *   {
+   *     "alias": field
+   *   }
+   * ```
+   * Note: this feature is experimental and may change or be removed in the
+   * future.
+   */
+  experimentalParseStringLiteralAliases?: boolean | undefined;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -236,6 +253,17 @@ export class Parser {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Converts a string lex token into a name parse node.
+   */
+  parseStringLiteralAlias(): NameNode {
+    const token = this.expectToken(TokenKind.STRING);
+    return this.node<NameNode>(token, {
+      kind: Kind.NAME,
+      value: token.value,
+    });
+  }
+
   // Implements the parsing rules in the Document section.
 
   /**
@@ -454,14 +482,23 @@ export class Parser {
   parseField(): FieldNode {
     const start = this._lexer.token;
 
-    const nameOrAlias = this.parseName();
     let alias;
     let name;
-    if (this.expectOptionalToken(TokenKind.COLON)) {
-      alias = nameOrAlias;
+    if (
+      this._options.experimentalParseStringLiteralAliases &&
+      this.peek(TokenKind.STRING)
+    ) {
+      alias = this.parseStringLiteralAlias();
+      this.expectToken(TokenKind.COLON);
       name = this.parseName();
     } else {
-      name = nameOrAlias;
+      const nameOrAlias = this.parseName();
+      if (this.expectOptionalToken(TokenKind.COLON)) {
+        alias = nameOrAlias;
+        name = this.parseName();
+      } else {
+        name = nameOrAlias;
+      }
     }
 
     return this.node<FieldNode>(start, {
diff --git a/src/validation/__tests__/OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule-test.ts b/src/validation/__tests__/OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule-test.ts
index ecb56a15cf..a795905916 100644
--- a/src/validation/__tests__/OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule-test.ts
+++ b/src/validation/__tests__/OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule-test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it } from 'mocha';
 
+import type { ParseOptions } from '../../language/parser.js';
+
 import type { GraphQLSchema } from '../../type/schema.js';
 
 import { buildSchema } from '../../utilities/buildASTSchema.js';
@@ -11,12 +13,16 @@ import {
   expectValidationErrorsWithSchema,
 } from './harness.js';
 
-function expectErrors(queryStr: string) {
-  return expectValidationErrors(OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule, queryStr);
+function expectErrors(queryStr: string, options?: ParseOptions | undefined) {
+  return expectValidationErrors(
+    OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule,
+    queryStr,
+    options,
+  );
 }
 
-function expectValid(queryStr: string) {
-  expectErrors(queryStr).toDeepEqual([]);
+function expectValid(queryStr: string, options?: ParseOptions | undefined) {
+  expectErrors(queryStr, options).toDeepEqual([]);
 }
 
 function expectErrorsWithSchema(schema: GraphQLSchema, queryStr: string) {
@@ -242,6 +248,39 @@ describe('Validate: Overlapping fields can be merged', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('Same literal aliases allowed on same field targets', () => {
+    expectValid(
+      `
+      fragment sameLiteralAliasesWithSameFieldTargets on Dog {
+        "fido": name
+        fido: name
+      }
+      `,
+      { experimentalParseStringLiteralAliases: true },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('Same literal aliases with different field targets', () => {
+    expectErrors(
+      `
+      fragment sameLiteralAliasesWithDifferentFieldTargets on Dog {
+        "fido": name
+        fido: nickname
+      }
+      `,
+      { experimentalParseStringLiteralAliases: true },
+    ).toDeepEqual([
+      {
+        message:
+          'Fields "fido" conflict because "name" and "nickname" are different fields. Use different aliases on the fields to fetch both if this was intentional.',
+        locations: [
+          { line: 3, column: 9 },
+          { line: 4, column: 9 },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('Same aliases allowed on non-overlapping fields', () => {
     // This is valid since no object can be both a "Dog" and a "Cat", thus
     // these fields can never overlap.
diff --git a/src/validation/__tests__/harness.ts b/src/validation/__tests__/harness.ts
index b7710ff9d9..b2c65a974f 100644
--- a/src/validation/__tests__/harness.ts
+++ b/src/validation/__tests__/harness.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { expectJSON } from '../../__testUtils__/expectJSON.js';
 
 import type { Maybe } from '../../jsutils/Maybe.js';
 
+import type { ParseOptions } from '../../language/parser.js';
 import { parse } from '../../language/parser.js';
 
 import type { GraphQLSchema } from '../../type/schema.js';
@@ -128,8 +129,9 @@ export function expectValidationErrorsWithSchema(
   schema: GraphQLSchema,
   rule: ValidationRule,
   queryStr: string,
+  options?: ParseOptions | undefined,
 ): any {
-  const doc = parse(queryStr);
+  const doc = parse(queryStr, options);
   const errors = validate(schema, doc, [rule]);
   return expectJSON(errors);
 }
@@ -137,8 +139,9 @@ export function expectValidationErrorsWithSchema(
 export function expectValidationErrors(
   rule: ValidationRule,
   queryStr: string,
+  options?: ParseOptions | undefined,
 ): any {
-  return expectValidationErrorsWithSchema(testSchema, rule, queryStr);
+  return expectValidationErrorsWithSchema(testSchema, rule, queryStr, options);
 }
 
 export function expectSDLValidationErrors(