the concept of the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis as applied to an alien species which visits Earth. The aliens' biology contributes to their spoken and written languages, which are distinct. In the 2016 American film Arrival, based on Chiang's short story, the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis is the premise. The protagonist explains that "the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis is the theory that the language you speak determines how you think". Gene Wolfe's four volume science fiction novel The Book of the New Sun describes the North American "Ascian" people as speaking a language composed entirely of quotations that have been approved by a small ruling class. Sociolinguistics and linguistic relativity The way in which sociolinguistics plays a role in variables within language, like the way words are pronounced, word selection in certain dialogue, context, and tone, suggests it may have implications for linguistic relativity. See also Citations Sources Further reading Anthropological linguistics Arguments in philosophy of mind Cognition Concepts in epistemology Concepts in the philosophy of mind Concepts in the philosophy of science Hypotheses Language comparison Linguistic theories and hypotheses Linguistic universals Language and mysticism Metaphysics of mind Philosophical problems Philosophy of language Psycholinguistics Relativism Theory of mind