This exploration is based on Dan Everett’s 32 years of research and 8 years of living among the Pirahã people of the Brazilian Amazon.

Dan Everett believes that Pirahã undermines Noam Chomsky’s idea of a universal grammar. Photograph by Martin Schoeller. I am currently working with Ted Gibson and Steve Piantadosi …

I initially went to work with the Piraha people on December 10, 1977, as a member of SIL International, with the intention to translate the New Testament into their language. I translated …

Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazon Jungle, based on my thirty years of living and contact with these wonderful folks, was published by Pantheon Books.It …

Daniel Everett CV Sponsored Research Over the years I have had grants totaling more than three million dollars for Amazonian research, from the European Commission, Brazil, the Arts and …

Overview of Dan Everett's books on linguistics, linguistic anthropology, the Pirahã people, and Amazonian languages.

Aug 25, 2016 · Now debunking long-held theories across a spectrum of disciplines, Daniel Everett, a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” (Tom Wolfe, Harper’s), presents the …

Dec 27, 2024 · Events 2025: Feb 11, 2025 – Talk at Max Planck Institute Nijmegen, NL “Inferential Foundation of Human Language” Feb 12, 2025 – Talk at University of Amsterdam …

Oct 9, 2024 · DANIEL L. EVERETT Current Position Trustee Professor of Cognitive Sciences Department of Sociology Department of Global Studies Bentley University Academic Address …

Dec 9, 2021 · DANIEL L. EVERETT Current Position Trustee Professor of Cognitive Sciences Department of Sociology Department of Global Studies Bentley University Academic Address …