![]() ![]() Amy Adams tries to decode their written language: the logograms. ![]() According to Fodor (2008),Įxperience affects concept learning only as it is mentally represented (Fodor, 2008: 135)Īnd in the case of the alien language in the film, in which chronological time is not essential for understanding, the main character (Amy Adams as a linguist) has a whole different perception of time. Apart from the sci-fi aspect of the movie when they talk about time traveling based on how the alien language is perceived, first we can focus on the issue of how our perception is changed based on the new linguistic experiences. Watching this amazing film can be interesting not only to language teachers but to all who actually like Neurocognitive Linguistics. It seems that learning languages have significant effects on cognition, however, what would happen if humans could access, be exposed to, and even learn an alien language? This premise is explored in one of Denis Villeneuve’s latest productions: the film Arrival (2016, Paramount). Several authors have also been able to find a high correlation between bilingual brains and executive functions (updating, switching, and inhibiting) as well as cognitive reserve, which buys the brain a few years before it develops dementia, thus, extending its protective effects (Perani & Abutalebi, 2015 Bialystok et al. Linguists and cognitive scientists have long proposed the notion that language determines thoughts or at least shapes them depending on how adept they are to the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (Boroditsky, 2001). The idea that multilingualism develops cognitive potential and influences perception is well explored in the specialized literature. Written by André Hedlund and Rodolfo Mattiello ![]()
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