A revolutionary account of the origins of language from one of the world's best known and most influential linguists.
Fusing adventure, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, and drawing on Everett's pioneering research with the Amazonian Pirahas, this book argues that language is embedded... Læs mere
Although the author was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This title shows the slow, meticulous... Læs mere