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Daniel Leonard Everett (born July 26, 1951) is an American linguist and author best known for his study of the Amazon basin's Pirahã people and their language. Everett is currently [when?] Trustee Professor of Cognitive Sciences at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Jun 15, 2017 · For eight of the last thirty years, Daniel Everett immersed himself in the Pirahã culture, which has no counting system, no fixed terms for color, no concept of war, and no personal property....
Feb 9, 2017 · Daniel Everett was 26 when he first entered the Amazon rainforest as a missionary, with his wife and three young children in tow. He was tasked with converting the remote Pirahã tribe to Christianity, a task he would fail, in the process losing his own faith and tearing his family apart.
Daniel L. (Dan) Everett holds a ScD and a Masters of Linguistics from the Universidade Estadual in Campinas (UNICAMP), both based upon years of field research among the Pirahã people of the Brazilian Amazon jungle.
Nov 3, 2009 · 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. Daniel Everett arrived among the Pirahã with his wife and three young children hoping to convert the tribe to Christianity.
Nov 7, 2017 · Daniel L. Everett, a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” (Tom Wolfe, Harper’s), provides in this sweeping history a comprehensive examination of the evolutionary story of language, from the earliest speaking attempts by hominids to the more than seven thousand languages that exist today.
Nov 11, 2008 · Daniel L. Everett. 3.96. 5,440 ratings727 reviews. 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.
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