Language: The Cultural Tool - Paperback

Name: Language: The Cultural Tool - Paperback
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by Daniel L. Everett

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by Daniel L. Everett (Author)

"The most important--and provocative--anthropological fieldwork ever undertaken." --Tom Wolfe

For years, the prevailing opinion among academics has been that language is embedded in our genes, existing as an innate and instinctual part of us. In this bold and provocative study, linguist Daniel Everett argues that, like other tools, language was invented by humans and can be reinvented or lost. He shows how the evolution of different language forms--that is, different grammar--reflects how language is influenced by human societies and experiences, and how it expresses their great variety. Combining anthropology, primatology, computer science, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, and his own pioneering research with the Amazonian Pirahã, and using insights from many different languages and cultures, Everett presents an unprecedented elucidation of this society-defined nature of language. In doing so, he also gives us a new understanding of how we think and who we are.

Author Biography

Daniel L. Everett is dean of arts and sciences at Bentley University. He has held appointments in linguistics and/or anthropology at the University of Campinas, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Manchester, and Illinois State University.

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Number of Pages: 368

Dimensions: 0.77 x 8.02 x 5.24 IN

Publication Date: December 11, 2012

ISBN	9780307473806
Author	Daniel L. Everett
Publisher	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Genre	Education and Self-help & personal development
Format	Paperback
Published	December 2012
Language	ENG- English
Pages	368
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print