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- 2010513596 abstract "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.".
- 2010513596 alternative "Do not sleep, there are snakes".
- 2010513596 contributor B12013703.
- 2010513596 coverage "Amazon River Region Social life and customs.".
- 2010513596 created "2009.".
- 2010513596 date "2009".
- 2010513596 date "2009.".
- 2010513596 dateCopyrighted "2009.".
- 2010513596 description "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.".
- 2010513596 description "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.".
- 2010513596 extent "xviii, 300 p. :".
- 2010513596 identifier "9780307386120 (pbk.)".
- 2010513596 issued "2009".
- 2010513596 issued "2009.".
- 2010513596 language "eng".
- 2010513596 publisher "New York : Vintage Departures,".
- 2010513596 spatial "Amazon River Region Social life and customs.".
- 2010513596 spatial "Amazon River Region".
- 2010513596 spatial "Amazon River Region.".
- 2010513596 subject "F2520.1.M9 E94 2009".
- 2010513596 subject "Jungles Amazon River Region.".
- 2010513596 subject "Pirahá Indians Amazon River Region Social life and customs.".
- 2010513596 subject "Pirahá dialect Social aspects Amazon River Region.".
- 2010513596 tableOfContents "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.".
- 2010513596 title "Do not sleep, there are snakes".
- 2010513596 title "Don't sleep, there are snakes : life and language in the Amazonian jungle / Daniel L. Everett.".
- 2010513596 type "text".