It's nice how you explain language invention as an act of empathy, giving voice to the other to avoid silence where connection should be. Thank you for sharing.
I also have a personal question I wanted to ask, I left it inbox, when you have time please check it out.
Thank you for your kind words. I believe that if we can't empathize, we risk missing out on genuine communication. Without empathy, we likely miss out on a lot. A constructed language for fictional purposes is one way to explore and express empathy with an alien species, perhaps good practice for learning to empathize with our own species as well.
As a novice sci-fi writer this post intrigued me. I adore the intricate world-building behind the language of the Biet Lagos but, more importantly, the multimodal aspect of it. It prompted memories of the species in Arrival.
I love the way you have used supplementary content to enrich your world and to draw me to reading your work, which I shall be doing. I am taking notes on what to share about my own work without revealing too much to potential readers.
Interesting ideas. If you get to Part II Ch 9 of Implicate Orders, you will find a character (who happens to be a language genius) who decides he needs to get in contact with an "alien" intelligence. But you will also find by Ch 12 that I skipped the hard work of figuring out exactly how one goes about that. It's a fascinating question, just not the focus of my book.
Thanks, Ben. I look forward to meeting your language genius. And I agree that there has to be a need to invent a language, and not all stories have that focus. I'm guessing less than 5% of what I've researched will be actually written into my book, but I think it makes for a solid background. Your writing is rich and deep at a different level, and I would guess that it reflects a much higher percentage of your research.
I love this picture from Hawaii! The ideas and questions you bring up about language are exciting- not just sound but color and silence - there’s so much we don’t know. I can understand the hunger of your main character to connect in a new way 🐋
I love it too!!! :-) You know, I think 'neurotypical' is one of those words like 'normal'. We're all on a spectrum of some sort, aren't we? I think it less likely that we sit at either of the two anchors of a spectrum. Perhaps I am naïve, but that's how I view it. Your question, of course, is a great one. Thank you.
Angela, thanks so much for the beautiful energy and I am thrilled that you get Jayla's, my protagonist, driving need - even though she doesn't recognize it yet. 'Hearing' in color is a fascinating idea, and one I briefly experienced. But that is a future post. :-)
It's nice how you explain language invention as an act of empathy, giving voice to the other to avoid silence where connection should be. Thank you for sharing.
I also have a personal question I wanted to ask, I left it inbox, when you have time please check it out.
Thank you for your kind words. I believe that if we can't empathize, we risk missing out on genuine communication. Without empathy, we likely miss out on a lot. A constructed language for fictional purposes is one way to explore and express empathy with an alien species, perhaps good practice for learning to empathize with our own species as well.
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As a novice sci-fi writer this post intrigued me. I adore the intricate world-building behind the language of the Biet Lagos but, more importantly, the multimodal aspect of it. It prompted memories of the species in Arrival.
I love the way you have used supplementary content to enrich your world and to draw me to reading your work, which I shall be doing. I am taking notes on what to share about my own work without revealing too much to potential readers.
Thank you for sharing
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Interesting ideas. If you get to Part II Ch 9 of Implicate Orders, you will find a character (who happens to be a language genius) who decides he needs to get in contact with an "alien" intelligence. But you will also find by Ch 12 that I skipped the hard work of figuring out exactly how one goes about that. It's a fascinating question, just not the focus of my book.
Thanks, Ben. I look forward to meeting your language genius. And I agree that there has to be a need to invent a language, and not all stories have that focus. I'm guessing less than 5% of what I've researched will be actually written into my book, but I think it makes for a solid background. Your writing is rich and deep at a different level, and I would guess that it reflects a much higher percentage of your research.
I love this picture from Hawaii! The ideas and questions you bring up about language are exciting- not just sound but color and silence - there’s so much we don’t know. I can understand the hunger of your main character to connect in a new way 🐋
I love the idea of incorporating synesthesia into a language. How might a neurotypical realize that is important to understanding alien communication?
I love it too!!! :-) You know, I think 'neurotypical' is one of those words like 'normal'. We're all on a spectrum of some sort, aren't we? I think it less likely that we sit at either of the two anchors of a spectrum. Perhaps I am naïve, but that's how I view it. Your question, of course, is a great one. Thank you.
Angela, thanks so much for the beautiful energy and I am thrilled that you get Jayla's, my protagonist, driving need - even though she doesn't recognize it yet. 'Hearing' in color is a fascinating idea, and one I briefly experienced. But that is a future post. :-)