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File Size: 2280 KB
Print Length: 314 pages
Publisher: Vintage; 1 edition (November 4, 2008)
Publication Date: November 11, 2008
Sold by: Random House LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B001FA0KLS
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This is an important book, in that the author’s discovery of the (so far as is is currently known) unique language feature of the Piraha Indians, non-recursive sentence structure, shows an effect of culture on language strong enough to make the Chomskyan “universal grammar†theory appear to be less than universal.I found the book a fascinating account of a USA born linguist and Christian missionary given an extremely difficult challenge, to decipher an isolated language of an Amazonian jungle people and then translate the New Testament into their language. Which translation, after he had learned their language, turned out to be impossible. Not only were these happy, independent (dangerous if drinking alcohol) people unimpressed with religion, their effect on the author caused him to abandon blind faith in favor of trusting his perceptions and reason.Dr Everett provides an exciting, astounding account of the Pirahas, their daily lives, and his life living among them with his wife and three children, especially their life-changing effect on him. He also goes into much detail about the difference between his changed views about the relationship between grammar, culture, and human ‘grammar instinct’. I’m not that interested in the fine points of linguistics, but I could see how being aware of such could be valuable in examining other little-known languages and avoiding errors through theory-bias.For me the anthropological descriptions and information of these unique Piraha, all 300 or so of them, made this a worthwhile read. The difficult linguistics discoveries very interesting, as well as the author’s struggle with his beliefs and the eventual triumph of reason over blind faith. It could have been edited for a smoother read, but that would be nitpicking when I think of what torture the author went through, eg, clouds of mosquitos and other biting insects, ubiquitous 3-inch long cockroaches, tarantulas, snakes, crocodiles, jaguars, 110 degree humid heat, malaria which almost killed his wife and a daughter, dangerous confrontations with Brazilian traders,etc.in this heroic project.
Frankly, i don't understand some of the negative commentary here. I had to force myself to put the book down from time to time.The more I study, the more convinced I am that we humans haven't only accumulated information over the millennia, we've quite literally taught ourselves how to think. Not just what to think, but how to think. Everett's book underscores that conviction for me. Here we have a group of people who intentionally don't want contact with the rest of the world and whose very thinking is so strange to us as to make us wonder whether they might in fact be imports from some other planet. (I, of course, don't mean the "other planets" seriously.) The Piraha don't think like most of the rest of the world thinks, often not even at very low levels.What can you make of a culture that has no numbers at all and apparently can't learn them? How about a culture with no sense of history and no projections for the future? They have no words for colors or for the simple concepts of "left" and "right." While I certainly wouldn't want to live among them, they apparently are so satisfied with their lives that centuries of attempts to evangelize them have fazed them not in the slightest. The missionary's expectation that something about the Gospel will inevitably resonate with any human heart is thus proven to be unfounded. This fact so discombobulated Everett that he eventually abandoned his own faith.No, this isn't a novel. In fact, it's not even a simple story. It shouldn't be read that way. And, yes, it can get a little technical toward the end. (Seriously, somebody here had the nerve to say that Everett, who chairs the linguistics department at Illinois State University and who holds a PhD in the subject doesn't know what he's talking about?) But if you're as fascinated as I am by, well, humanness, I think you'll have a hard time putting the book down, too.
Extremely interesting as anthropology, and not enough of that. Some of the linguistics discussio0n were difficult to follow but interesting. The chapter on the relationship between language and culture was very interesting: if you become truly bilingual, then you are also bicultural and switch cultures when you switch languages. I've seen that happen in other polyglots, and I've sometimes experienced it myself. I also wanted to know more about why Everett rejected his religious beliefs. It must have been difficult. I rejected all of mine when I was in my mid-teens and realized that it didn't matter what I believed in: the world still turned and nothing changed except the way I perceived it. I want to read more of Everett's work.
I liked this book even though I'm not a linguist or an anthropologist. What it comes down to is that this man, Dr. Daniel L. Everet, spent time with people he meant to change, and instead, because he was truthful with himself, allowed them to change him. It's really quite lovely. Also, you will learn about the people of the Amazon, which is fascinating. Our culture is caught up with ideas like mindfulness, which we try to insert into our lives. But to really be mindful, it seems that your entire culture, including your language, need to reflect a state in which the past and future are meaningless, and that all that matters is the present. That there are such people existing today is a wonder.
I could not put this story down and I read it in one long sitting. It was the first of his books I have read ( I found out about him from an article in Harpers magazine by Tom Wolfe)This true story should be a Hollywood movie..I kept visualizing a young Tom Hanks.I'm now a committed fan of Everetts work. I've learned a lot and shifted my view on quite a few aspects of culture, languages, cognition, etc.And that's an amazing anagram btw, my review title.
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