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September 16, 2024 29 mins
In questa puntata parliamo di astrolinguistica, anche nota come esolinguistica o xenolinguistica, ovvero la branca della linguistica dedicata allo studio di lingue ipotetiche non umane, o esolingue, cioè lingue che potrebbero essere parlate dagli alieni.
Vediamo alcune delle modalità possibili di comunicazione aliena, e esploriamo la struttura delle lingue umane, chiedendoci cosa potrebbe essere universale nelle lingue in generale e se ciò potrebbe applicarsi a lingue aliene, e cosa questo implica per la nostra comprensione del linguaggio e della comunicazione.

Grafiche: Gianluca La Bruna

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Spielberg, S. (1982). E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Universal Pictures.

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