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* The theme of "Say It Right" by Music/NellyFurtado is this, as the attraction between the singer and the listener remains in limbo until the listener makes a move and speaks out about what they want.
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* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Existence itself is a lie spoken into being by an omniscient, omnipresent narrator ([[TheCreator YISUN]]) using language to convince Themselves that anything exists that is Not YISUN. 'Magic' in the setting is known as the Art of Lying to the Face of God (and is subdivided into the Black, White and Red arts) and involves using a combination of words and willpower to similarly convince reality that you - and not God - know how things work right at the moment and that's why, say, you are holding a fruit when a moment ago your hand was empty, or why that house is actually a rose bush. YISUN Themselves illustrate this in the Lie of the Iron Plum, by speaking an otherwise indestructible object into a regular plum.
-->'''YISUN:''' I told you of this and, believing it, it was so. We are all secret kings of our own tower. In truth, it is whichever you prefer. In truth, there is no plum at all, just as there is no YISUN. A plum has no shape, form, or color at all, in truth, but these are all things I find pleasing about it. A plum has no taste at all for it has no flesh or substance, but I find its sweetness intoxicating. A plum is a thing that does not exist. But it is my favorite fruit.
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* A theme throughout the {{science fiction podcast|s}} ''Podcast/{{SAYER}}''. All the main characters are AIs without physical forms, present only as [[TheVoice voices]], to which the name of the [[ProtagonistTitle eponymous]] main character, SAYER, is an allusion. SAYER's job is to talk employees of a MegaCorp through their daily duties, and its powers of persuasion (often relative to its counterpart entities, one of whom is named [[ThemeNaming SPEAKER]]) are frequently discussed. One of its {{Catchphrase}}s is "Can you hear me?", and at a crucial moment a human character delivers the WhamLine to it:
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* A theme throughout the {{science fiction podcast|s}} ''Podcast/{{SAYER}}''. All the main characters are AIs without physical forms, present only as [[TheVoice voices]], to which the name of the [[ProtagonistTitle eponymous]] main character, SAYER, is an allusion. SAYER's job is to talk employees of a MegaCorp through their daily duties, and its powers of persuasion (often relative to its counterpart entities, one of whom is named [[ThemeNaming SPEAKER]]) are frequently discussed. One of its {{Catchphrase}}s [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrases]] is "Can you hear me?", and at a crucial moment a human character delivers the WhamLine to it:
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* ''Film/{{Arrival}}'': The central conflict of the film involves humans attempting to understand the [[StarfishAliens Heptapods']] language and establish communications with them. The two main characters, scientists on the front-line of the American effort, have differing opinions on whether language is a mere extension of thought or, as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis posits, thought itself is actually influenced by language. As it turns out [[spoiler: the latter is proven true, to the point that learning the Heptapod language allows one to experience time itself in an entirely different manner. In a more mundane example, the Chinese attempts at communication failed because they used mahjong as a basis for their 'language' with the Heptapods, and since it is a zero-sum game the Heptapods' responses the the Chinese queries took on a more aggressive tone than the Heptapods intended]].
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* ''Film/{{Arrival}}'': The central conflict of the film involves humans attempting to understand the [[StarfishAliens Heptapods']] language and establish communications with them. The two main characters, scientists on the front-line of the American effort, have differing opinions on whether language is a mere extension of thought or, as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis posits, thought itself is actually influenced by language. As it turns out [[spoiler: the latter is proven true, to the point that learning the Heptapod language allows one to experience time itself in an entirely different manner. In a more mundane example, the Chinese attempts at communication failed because they used mahjong as a basis for their 'language' with the Heptapods, and since it is a zero-sum game the Heptapods' responses the to the Chinese queries took on a more aggressive tone than the Heptapods intended]].
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** The Gospel of John similarly opens with "in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God", emphasising the divine creative power of language and then connecting Jesus to it by declaring him its physical incarnation - "the Word made flesh".
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** The Gospel of John similarly opens with "in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God", emphasising the divine creative power of language and then connecting Jesus to it by declaring him its physical incarnation - -- "the Word made flesh".
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* Creator/JRRTolkien was a noted [[{{Geek}} linguistics freak]], notorious for creating his own {{Con Lang}}s and {{Artificial Script}}s. His works tend to reflect this interest.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien was a noted [[{{Geek}} linguistics freak]], notorious for creating his own {{Con Lang}}s {{conlang}}s and {{Artificial Script}}s. His works tend to reflect this interest.
