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, c...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Beschreibung: | XVIII, 283 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780375425028 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Some
Notes
on the Piraha Language as Used in This Book
xi
Preface
xiii
Prologue
xv
ι.
Discovering the World of the
Piranas
3
2.
The Amazon
23
3.
The Cost of Discipleship
31
4.
Sometimes You Make Mistakes
58
5.
Material Culture and the Absence of Ritual
71
6.
Families and Community
85
7.
Nature and the Immediacy of Experience
115
8.
A Teenager Named
Túkaaga:
Murder and Society
143
9.
Land to Live Free
150
10.
Caboclos:
Vignettes of Amazonian Brazilian Life
159
Part Two:
lĄUGKJĄGt
її.
Changing Channels with
Pirahã
Sounds
177
12.
Pirahã
Words
192
13.
How Much Grammar Do People Need?
202
14.
Values and Talking: The Partnership between
Language and Culture
209
15.
Recursion: Language as a Matrioshka Doll
224
16.
Crooked Heads and Straight Heads:
Perspectives on Language and Truth
244
Contenti
e: CONCUSSION
17.
Converting the Missionary
263
Epilogue: Why Care about Other
Cultures and Languages?
275
Acknowledgments
281
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Contents
Some
Notes
on the Piraha Language as Used in This Book
xi
Preface
xiii
Prologue
xv
ι.
Discovering the World of the
Piranas
3
2.
The Amazon
23
3.
The Cost of Discipleship
31
4.
Sometimes You Make Mistakes
58
5.
Material Culture and the Absence of Ritual
71
6.
Families and Community
85
7.
Nature and the Immediacy of Experience
115
8.
A Teenager Named
Túkaaga:
Murder and Society
143
9.
Land to Live Free
150
10.
Caboclos:
Vignettes of Amazonian Brazilian Life
159
Part Two:
lĄUGKJĄGt
її.
Changing Channels with
Pirahã
Sounds
177
12.
Pirahã
Words
192
13.
How Much Grammar Do People Need?
202
14.
Values and Talking: The Partnership between
Language and Culture
209
15.
Recursion: Language as a Matrioshka Doll
224
16.
Crooked Heads and Straight Heads:
Perspectives on Language and Truth
244
Contenti
e: CONCUSSION
17.
Converting the Missionary
263
Epilogue: Why Care about Other
Cultures and Languages?
275
Acknowledgments
281 |
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