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* Tonal language with heavy reliance on body language and gesture, similar to many sign languages (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows") | |||
** Numerical information communicated via pitch (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows") | |||
* Written language much more integrated with spoken than in most societies (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows") | |||
** Outgrowth of the importance of symbols, imagery, and abstraction (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows") | |||
** Mathematical and musical notation heavily related (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows") | |||
* Referents | * Referents | ||
** Noted contact tales | ** Noted contact tales | ||
Revision as of 07:08, 16 July 2018
- Tonal language with heavy reliance on body language and gesture, similar to many sign languages (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
- Numerical information communicated via pitch (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
- Written language much more integrated with spoken than in most societies (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
- Outgrowth of the importance of symbols, imagery, and abstraction (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
- Mathematical and musical notation heavily related (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
- Referents
- Noted contact tales
- Rai and Jiri (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
- Zima and Bakor (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
- Darmok and Jalad (TNG: "Darmok"; TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
- Considered a final desperation tactic when previous attempts at contact have failed (TNG Short Story: "Friends With the Sparrows")
- Noted contact tales