Don't sleep, there are snakes life and language in the Amazonian jungle
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,...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 283 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780375425028 0375425020 |
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