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Arrival

Released in: 2016

Movie Description

Dramatic first contact story that explores how language shapes thought, and how our perception of time affects the development of memories.

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  • alien: 0.47
  • linguistics: 0.21
  • language: 0.19
  • physicist: 0.17
  • communicate: 0.17
  • communication: 0.16
  • military: 0.15
  • daughter: 0.11
  • ship: 0.11
  • chinese: 0.1
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  • arrival: 0.08
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  • contact: 0.07
  • invasion: 0.07
  • linear: 0.07
  • humans: 0.06

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  2. Semantics Acquisition
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  3. Language Communication
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  4. Private Language
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  5. Sapir Edward
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  6. Linguistic Universals Universal Grammar
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  7. Idiolects
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  8. Language Acquisition
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  9. Language Thought
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  10. Linguistics Philosophical Issues
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