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Don't Sleep, There are Snakes

- Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Af: Daniel Everett Engelsk Paperback

Don't Sleep, There are Snakes

- Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Af: Daniel Everett Engelsk Paperback
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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 swiftly conjoined to those of the Amazon in a debate whose outcome has yet to be won. Everett''s views are most recently discussed in Tom Wolfe''s bestselling The Kingdom of Speech.Adventure, personal enlightenment and the makings of a scientific revolution proceed together in this vivid, funny and moving book.
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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 swiftly conjoined to those of the Amazon in a debate whose outcome has yet to be won. Everett''s views are most recently discussed in Tom Wolfe''s bestselling The Kingdom of Speech.Adventure, personal enlightenment and the makings of a scientific revolution proceed together in this vivid, funny and moving book.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781846680403
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1846680409
Kategori: Oprindelige folk
Udg. Dato: 6 aug 2009
Længde: 22mm
Bredde: 133mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Profile Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 6 aug 2009
Forfatter(e): Daniel Everett
Forfatter(e) Daniel Everett


Kategori Oprindelige folk


ISBN-13 9781846680403


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 22mm


Bredde 133mm


Højde 197mm


Udg. Dato 6 aug 2009


Oplagsdato 6 aug 2009


Forlag Profile Books Ltd

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