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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes

Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Mar 15, 2018SPPL_János rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Arriving as a missionary among the Pirahã, an Amazonian Indian group, Everett encountered a people who have no creation myths or fiction, and whose language lacks greetings, numbers, colors, and embedded sentences. Nevertheless they are extremely happy and friendly and supremely adapted to their rainforest environment. Everett recounts his adventures and discoveries living among the Pirahã for much of the last 30 years, which led him to question and reject not only mainstream linguistic theory but his Christianity as well.