Daniel Everett, geboren 1951 in Kalifornien, ist ein amerikanischer Sprachwissenschaftler. 1977 reiste er zum ersten Mal als Missionar zu den Pirahã in das brasilianische Amazonasgebiet, widmete sich jedoch bald nur noch der Erforschung ihrer Sprache und Kultur.
3 Ebooks by Daniel Everett
Daniel Everett: How Language Began
In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky: when and how did language begin? what is it? and what is it for? Daniel Ev …
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Daniel Everett: Don’t Sleep, There are Snakes
Although Daniel Everett was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahãs, they converted him. He shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realis …
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Daniel Everett: Language
Like other tools, language was invented, can be reinvented or lost, and shows significant variation across cultures. It’s as essential to survival as fire – and, like fire, is found in all human soci …
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