Interstellar Competence: Applications of Linguistics and Communicative and Cultural Competencies to Extraterrestrial Communication

Sumayya K.R. Granger, Judd Ethan Ruggill, Ken S. McAllister

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Abstract

This chapter draws on a set of assumptions about language, then builds away from them to outline a practical approach to alien communication. Several essential components of the xenolinguistic complex are considered: establishing and maintaining regular contact; the ways in which the constraints of remote contact sketch a roadmap toward the development of an adaptive process of learning, understanding, and communication; and designing a working plan for bridging pre-physical and physical contact communication scenarios. Drawing on work from several interrelated fields, the chapter offers an approach to a (highly probable) hyper-asynchronous, physically removed, first-contact scenario.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationXenolinguistics
Subtitle of host publicationTowards a Science of Extraterrestrial Language
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages74-86
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9781000920642
ISBN (Print)9781032399591
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Social Sciences

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