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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Main Author: Everett, Daniel Leonard
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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