Discuss Louise Banks encounter with heptapods/heptapod language and how it fits with some of the linguistic themes from the article David Samuels Alien Tongues and the article Somtow Suchiritkul Fiddling for Water Buffaloes, Make specific reference to scenes from the movie and discussion of specific passages from the articles.

The movie Arrival raises many issues about how a linguist might confront alien language-speakers and an alien language in ways different from other people (physicist, military personnel, etc.).

