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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
- Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
- By: Daniel L. Everett
- Narrated by: Daniel Everett
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 356
Daniel 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 language that defies all existing linguistic theories and reflects a way of life that evades contemporary understanding. The Pirahã have no counting system and no fixed terms for color. They have no concept of war or of personal property.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Profound Read
- By Wally Brewer on 11-16-17
- Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
- Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
- By: Daniel L. Everett
- Narrated by: Daniel Everett
An excellent biography
Reviewed: 10-14-24
A really good description of a very unique experience. I hoped for more about religious deconstruction, but I enjoyed the learning nonetheless.
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