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How is communication accomplished in "Darmok"?

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How is communication accomplished in "Darmok"?

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Communication is accomplished by getting the words used by Captain Dathon and cross-referencing them in then in the ships' linguistic databases to round down the possible meanings that Darmok and Tanagra could share and that's how the counselor Troi and Lt. Commander Data figure out what the meaning of those two words is. Both Captain Picard and Dathon are in a sticky situation when they transport to a place outside of their ships and Picard is comparing what's happening to them to the words that Dathon used and taking educated guesses at what they mean and Dathon either agrees or disagrees with what Picard says to confirm whether or not he's right. Picard figures it out and says that the way that Tamarian's communicate is by citing examples.

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"Computer, cross-reference the last entry with the previous search index". -Counselor Deanna Troi

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'' Picard calls it metaphor, and Troi calls it image. For the Federation crew, the

Tamarians cite examples that guide their understanding of and approach to the

various problems they encounter on a day-to-day basis: as Picard puts it, by citing

“a situation similar to this one.” ''