Daniel L. Everett Edward Gibson The Pirahã language has been at the center of recent debates in linguistics, in large part because it is claimed not to exhibit recursion, a purported universal of
provides guide to sounds in Piraha language (b,g,p,t,x,s,h,i,a,o) and their pronunciation. The prologue includes some context for the text and vocab that is used throughout the chapters (Amazonian people live on Maici river, types of common clothing, "don't sleep there are snakes" = village is unsafe if everyone sleeps soundly through the night)

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A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett while he lived with the Pirahã, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in central Brazil. Daniel Everett arrived among the Pirahã with his wife and three young children hoping to convert the tribe to Christianity.
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