Talk:Alien language in science fiction

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Original research[edit]

I fail to see any refs which treat the general subject of the article in a scholarly way. Therefore I suggest to remove various unreferenced trivial and naive classifications and general comments, and listify the text, in order to eliminate original research. Staszek Lem (talk) 14:30, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I suggest to eliminate telepathy cases, since it aint no language. Staszek Lem (talk) 14:30, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

add info on Darmok and the Jarada from Next Gen?[edit]

should there be a reference made to the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes Darmok and The Big Goodbye? Since the plot of Darmok involves a distinctly different language (one using metaphors) and the other has a subplot about Picard learning to recite a ritual greeting in an insectoid language, perhaps they are worth a mention?--FeanorStar7 16:11, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Spam[edit]

@Lembit Staan:: the addition of that content was by an editor whose edits are entirely concerned with promoting Stephen Wolfram (incidentally: not a linguist!) and his companies, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Badtoothfairy. I would encourage you to re-remove it, or at least reduce the spammy aspect. --JBL (talk) 23:27, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@JayBeeEll: In the future reverts of such type please put the link to the corresponding discussion. The deleted piece does not at all look like spam to an uninvolved editor. Lembit Staan (talk) 23:33, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, that's a good suggestion, thank you. --JBL (talk) 23:35, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Communication via virus?[edit]

A while ago I read a story in which aliens somehow "infested" humans with, I believe, a virus, which make people behave in a zombie-like manner, i.e., do some actions. Eventually it turned out to be a form of most possibly direct communication: the information was "actionalized". Hard did I try, but cannot remember what then hell story it was. I had two suspicions: descolada virus and Andromeda strain, but it look like they are not the one. Does anybody remember? It would be a highly unusual form of communication beating even the story of your life. 04:42, 13 May 2024 (UTC)- Altenmann >talk

+ ?[edit]

The Languages of Pao, Babel-17, Foreigner series, Hellspark by Janet Kagan OUTPOST OF JUPITER by Lester del Rey and in SATURNALIA by Grant Callin "After long silence" by Sheri S. Tepper. John Clute's Appleseed Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds, Blindsight by Peter Watts The Color of Distance Rebecca Ore , pen name of Rebecca Brown, did the Becoming Alien Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Mary Doria Russel's book The Sparrow Xandri Corelel Series Looking Through Lace

Linguistics & SFE

Axiom's End (Noumena, #1) “The City in the Middle of the Night” by Charlie Jane Anders

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/90971-10-brilliant-novels-about-communicating-with-extraterrestrial-life.html

Semiosis by Sue Burke The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Native Tongue - no aliens, but linguistics - Altenmann >talk 05:38, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]