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linguistics
Predators, Prey, Honor: Linguistic Worldbuilding in C.J. Cherryh’s Hunter of Worlds
The Signifier and the Signified: Semiotics and China Miéville’s Embassytown
Good Fiction, Questionable Science: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
That Was Awesome! Writers on Writing
Let Me Talk to the Aliens! Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life”
The First Full Arrival Trailer Reveals the Aliens and Their Language
7 Different Ways Fantasy Has Used Language as Magic
“What Happens Now?” “They Arrive.” Watch the Arrival Teaser Trailer
Is This One of Mankind’s Oldest Fairy Tales?
The Language of Spellwork in Harry Potter — J.K. Rowling’s Incantations Hold Surprising Linguistic Depth
Scientific Language: H. Beam Piper’s “Omnilingual”
Linguistics, Aliens, Dystopia: Suzette Haden Elgin’s Native Tongue
Norvig vs. Chomsky and the Fight for the Future of AI
Queering SFF
Queering SFF: Writing Queer—Languages of Power
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