Arrival Part 2: debunking Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, alien phonology, and conlang writing w/ Nick Farmer
b'Nick Farmer \\n\\n
He\\u2019s a linguist! And a conlanger, technically.
\\n\\nHis website: Nick Farmer Linguist
\\n\\nHis Twitter: @nfarmerlinguist
\\n\\n Sapir-Whorf \\n\\nAKA linguistic relativity, and why it is a very very wrong thing. A warm and fuzzy idea that turns out, after facing science, not to reflect reality well. Nick really really wants to set the record straight on this matter.
\\n\\n Spoken Alien Language \\n\\nConsidering the possibilities.\\xa0Different modalities. Language need not be sound-based! ASL. Frequencies of sound.
\\n\\n Written Language \\n\\nHeptapod B! Bending over backwards to figure out a way for alien languages to break the linearity of time.
\\n\\n Alien Writing System \\n\\nThe complexity of deciphering alien writing systems. Extradimensionality. Stephen Wolfram wrote the software to create the logograms. Human language analogies. Mapping ideas and words and concepts is REALLY complicated.
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