![]() On the flip side, the evolution of a language is shaped by the culture and environment its speakers live in. Known as the “Sapir-Whorf hypothesis,” this theory states that language doesn’t just give people a way to express their thoughts-it influences or even determines those thoughts. ![]() The idea that “there’s a link between the shape of language and what people actually talk about,” actually has roots in 20th century linguistics theory, says Ives Goddard, a curator and linguist in the National Museum of Natural History’s Department of Anthropology. This is a core idea at the heart of the film: that an intimate relationship exists between the language you speak and the way you perceive the world. In other words, thinking in a different language causes her thought patterns to change. Working to decode this mysterious language, accomplished human linguist Louise Banks-played in the sci-fi film Arrival by actress Amy Adams-begins to have visions of the past and future as her perception of time shifts from linear to circular. ![]() The alien visitors seemed to view time in a similar manner: as a circular concept. ![]() The aliens’ written language moved in circles, each sentence lacking a defined beginning or end. ![]()
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