Don't sleep, there are snakes : life and language in the Amazonian jungle / Daniel L. Everett.
A linguist offers a thought-provoking account of his experiences and discoveries while living with the Pirahã, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians living in central Brazil and a people possessing a language that defies accepted linguistic theories and reflects a culture that has no counting system, concept of war, or personal property, and lives entirely in the present.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780375425028
- Physical Description: xviii, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Discovering the world of the Pirahãs -- The Amazon -- The cost of discipleship -- Sometimes you make mistakes -- Material culture and the absence of ritual -- Families and community -- Nature and the immediacy of experience -- A teenager named Túkaaga : murder and society -- Land to live free -- Caboclos : vignettes of Amazonian Brazilian life -- Changing channels with Pirahã sounds -- Pirahã words -- How much grammar do people need? -- Values and talking : the partnership between language and culture -- Recursion : language as a matrioshka doll -- Crooked heads and straight heads : perspectives on language and truth -- Converting the missionary.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 305.8 EVE (Text) | 37810434790472 | Adult Nonfiction | In transit | - |
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