Don't sleep there are snakes

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Everett was born in California. He lived for many years in the Amazon jungle and conducted research on over a dozen indigenous languages of Brazil. He has published on sound structure, grammar, meaning, culture and language. He has been the subject of endless controversy in academic circles and is currently Professor of Linguistics at Illinois State University. Klappentext Everett was a missionary with a plan to convert the Pirahas, but they ended up converting him. Over time, he learnt their language and began to see the world how they saw it. They also challenge Noam Chomsky's universally accepted linguistic theories. The trade paperback was a Radio 4 Book of the Week, and sold over 13,000 copies. ´An astonishing book: a work of exploration, into the most distant place and language, but also a revelation of the way language is shaped by thought and circumstance´ The Times Zusammenfassung Although the author was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This title 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daniel Everett, Daniel (Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University) Everett, Daniel L. Everett, Everett Daniel
• Editore: Profile Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.08.2009
• EAN: 9781846680403
• ISBN: 978-1-84668-040-3
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 133 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Categorie: Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Amazonas, Amazonas : Berichte, Erinnerungen, Indianer (süd-, mittelamerik.), Indios : Berichte, Erinnerungen, Brasilien, Amazonas und Nebenflüsse, Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Memoirs, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Englische Bücher / Geisteswissenschaften / Sprachwissenschaft, Relating to indigenous peoples, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs