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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Don't Sleep There Are Snakes Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Author: Daniel L. Everett
A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett while he lived with the Pirahã, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in central Brazil. — Everett, then a Christian missionary, arrived among the Pirahã in 1977?with his wife and three young children?intending to convert them. What he found was a langu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375425028
ISBN-10: 0375425020
Publication Date: 11/11/2008
Pages: 304
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Hardcover
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