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Don't Sleep, There are Snakes
Daniel Everett
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Description for Don't Sleep, There are Snakes
Paperback. Although the author was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This title shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BM; CF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Although Daniel Everett was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahãs, they converted him. He shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Everett describes how he began to realise that his discoveries about the Pirahã language opened up a new way of understanding how language works in our minds and in our lives, and that this way was utterly at odds with Noam Chomsky's universally accepted linguistic theories. The perils of passionate academic opposition were then ... Read more
Although Daniel Everett was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahãs, they converted him. He shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Everett describes how he began to realise that his discoveries about the Pirahã language opened up a new way of understanding how language works in our minds and in our lives, and that this way was utterly at odds with Noam Chomsky's universally accepted linguistic theories. The perils of passionate academic opposition were then ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846680403
SKU
V9781846680403
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99-28
About Daniel Everett
Daniel Everett was born in California. He lived for many years in the Amazon jungle and conducted research on over a dozen indigenous languages of Brazil. He has published on sound structure, grammar, meaning, culture and language. He has been the subject of endless controversy in academic circles and is currently Professor of Linguistics at Illinois State University.
Reviews for Don't Sleep, There are Snakes
Destined to become a classic
David Papineau
The Independent
Everett writes simply and persuasively about language ... a fascinating thesis ... his courage and conviction should give linguists pause for thought
Andrew Anthony
Guardian
A remarkable book. It is written with an immediacy even a Pirahã might envy, and its conjunction of physical and ... Read more
David Papineau
The Independent
Everett writes simply and persuasively about language ... a fascinating thesis ... his courage and conviction should give linguists pause for thought
Andrew Anthony
Guardian
A remarkable book. It is written with an immediacy even a Pirahã might envy, and its conjunction of physical and ... Read more