- This is the first edited academic volume on xenolinguistics, offering contributions from a diverse pool of experts engaging with the practical and linguistic issues of alien communication

- The collection will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students, particularly in astrobiology, language invention, and non-human communication

- Unlike authored titles on this subject, this edited collection approaches extra-terrestrial language through an academic lens, showcasing an interdisciplinary dialog between a set of highly established scholars