Don't sleep, there are snakes

life and language in the Amazonian jungle

300 pages

English language

Published April 7, 2009 by Vintage Departures.

ISBN:
978-0-307-38612-0
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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.

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Subjects

  • Pirahá Indians
  • Social life and customs
  • Jungles
  • Pirahá dialect

Places

  • Amazon River Region