Linguistic relativity, also known as
the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis or Whorfianism, is a concept-paradigm in linguistics
and cognitive science that holds that the structure of a language affects its
speakers' cognition or world view.
It will take time before another
director tops the use of linguistic relativity concepts of Denis Villeneuve’s
new film Arrival. Weird fiction, visionary literature and horror cinema also have their examples where language, (mis-)communication and cognition play an important role. There is also a recurring theme of language
contagion. To all of these, I will be devoting a series of entries on Confusio Linguarum in the future.
EDIT: I hereby expand the scope of this blog to visionary cinema.
EDIT: I hereby expand the scope of this blog to visionary cinema.
Some articles of reference on the film:
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